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Mastering PostgreSQL 9.6

You're reading from   Mastering PostgreSQL 9.6 A comprehensive guide for PostgreSQL 9.6 developers and administrators

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
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ISBN-13 9781783555352
Length 416 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Hans-Jürgen Schönig Hans-Jürgen Schönig
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. PostgreSQL Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding Transactions and Locking 3. Making Use of Indexes 4. Handling Advanced SQL 5. Log Files and System Statistics 6. Optimizing Queries for Good Performance 7. Writing Stored Procedures 8. Managing PostgreSQL Security 9. Handling Backup and Recovery 10. Making Sense of Backups and Replication 11. Deciding on Useful Extensions 12. Troubleshooting PostgreSQL 13. Migrating to PostgreSQL

Digging into row-level security - RLS

Up to this point, a table has always been shown as a whole. When the table contained 1 million rows, it was possible to retrieve 1 million rows from it. If somebody had the rights to read a table, it was all about the entire table. In many cases, this is not enough. Often it is desirable that a user is not allowed to see all the rows.

Consider the following real-world example: an accountant is doing accounting work for many people. The table containing tax rates should really be visible to everybody as everybody has to pay the same rates. However, when it comes to the actual transactions, you might want to ensure that everybody is only allowed to see his or her own transactions. Person A should not be allowed to see person B's data. In addition to that, it might also make sense that the boss of a division is allowed to see all the data in his part of the company.

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