I would be good, if this set gets documented, lest users will be confused. Can you point me to relevant sections of document? I can add this documentation.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 01:57:49PM +0530, Ashutosh Bapat wrote: > > I want to create a materialized view as the output of a plpgsql function > > returning a set of rows. But that function creates temporary tables and > > thus can not be used for creating materialized view as per the > > documentation at > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-creatematerializedview.html. > > "This query will run within a security-restricted operation; in > particular, > > calls to functions that themselves create temporary tables will fail." > > > > I tried to understand what is "security-restricted operation", and didn't > > find any definition of this term or any listing as to "these are > > security-restricted operations ...". I am wondering what are other > > restrictions on the queries whose results can be used to create > > materialized views. > > The semantics of a security-restricted operation remain undocumented. You > can > witness the list of restrictions by searching for callers of > InSecurityRestrictedOperation(). Here is the current list for core code: > > - CREATE TEMP TABLE > - SET ROLE > - SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION > - CLOSE > - PREPARE > - DEALLOCATE > - LISTEN > - UNLISTEN > - DISCARD > > -- > Noah Misch > EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com > -- Best Wishes, Ashutosh Bapat EntepriseDB Corporation The Postgres Database Company
