has_column_privilege and has_any_column_privilege SQL functions; fix the
information_schema views that are supposed to pay attention to column
privileges; adjust pg_stats to show stats for any column you have select
privilege on; and fix COPY to allow copying a subset of columns if the user
has suitable per-column privileges for all the columns.
To improve efficiency of some of the information_schema views, extend the
has_xxx_privilege functions to allow inquiring about the OR of a set of
privileges in just one call. This is just exposing capability that already
existed in the underlying aclcheck routines.
In passing, make the information_schema views report the owner's own
privileges as being grantable, since Postgres assumes this even when the grant
option bit is not set in the ACL. This is a longstanding oversight.
Also, make the new has_xxx_privilege functions for foreign data objects follow
the same coding conventions used by the older ones.
Stephen Frost and Tom Lane
pg_group | SELECT pg_authid.rolname AS groname, pg_authid.oid AS grosysid, ARRAY(SELECT pg_auth_members.member FROM pg_auth_members WHERE (pg_auth_members.roleid = pg_authid.oid)) AS grolist FROM pg_authid WHERE (NOT pg_authid.rolcanlogin);
@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ SELECT viewname, definition FROM pg_views WHERE schemaname <> 'information_schem
pg_statio_user_indexes | SELECT pg_statio_all_indexes.relid, pg_statio_all_indexes.indexrelid, pg_statio_all_indexes.schemaname, pg_statio_all_indexes.relname, pg_statio_all_indexes.indexrelname, pg_statio_all_indexes.idx_blks_read, pg_statio_all_indexes.idx_blks_hit FROM pg_statio_all_indexes WHERE ((pg_statio_all_indexes.schemaname <> ALL (ARRAY['pg_catalog'::name, 'information_schema'::name])) AND (pg_statio_all_indexes.schemaname !~ '^pg_toast'::text));
pg_statio_user_sequences | SELECT pg_statio_all_sequences.relid, pg_statio_all_sequences.schemaname, pg_statio_all_sequences.relname, pg_statio_all_sequences.blks_read, pg_statio_all_sequences.blks_hit FROM pg_statio_all_sequences WHERE ((pg_statio_all_sequences.schemaname <> ALL (ARRAY['pg_catalog'::name, 'information_schema'::name])) AND (pg_statio_all_sequences.schemaname !~ '^pg_toast'::text));
pg_statio_user_tables | SELECT pg_statio_all_tables.relid, pg_statio_all_tables.schemaname, pg_statio_all_tables.relname, pg_statio_all_tables.heap_blks_read, pg_statio_all_tables.heap_blks_hit, pg_statio_all_tables.idx_blks_read, pg_statio_all_tables.idx_blks_hit, pg_statio_all_tables.toast_blks_read, pg_statio_all_tables.toast_blks_hit, pg_statio_all_tables.tidx_blks_read, pg_statio_all_tables.tidx_blks_hit FROM pg_statio_all_tables WHERE ((pg_statio_all_tables.schemaname <> ALL (ARRAY['pg_catalog'::name, 'information_schema'::name])) AND (pg_statio_all_tables.schemaname !~ '^pg_toast'::text));
pg_stats | SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, a.attname, s.stanullfrac AS null_frac, s.stawidth AS avg_width, s.stadistinct AS n_distinct, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues4 ELSE NULL::anyarray END AS most_common_vals, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers4 ELSE NULL::real[] END AS most_common_freqs, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = 2) THEN s.stavalues1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = 2) THEN s.stavalues2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = 2) THEN s.stavalues3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = 2) THEN s.stavalues4 ELSE NULL::anyarray END AS histogram_bounds, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers1[1] WHEN (s.stakind2 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers2[1] WHEN (s.stakind3 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers3[1] WHEN (s.stakind4 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers4[1] ELSE NULL::real END AS correlation FROM (((pg_statistic s JOIN pg_class c ON ((c.oid = s.starelid))) JOIN pg_attribute a ON (((c.oid = a.attrelid) AND (a.attnum = s.staattnum)))) LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) WHERE has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'select'::text);
pg_stats | SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, a.attname, s.stanullfrac AS null_frac, s.stawidth AS avg_width, s.stadistinct AS n_distinct, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stavalues4 ELSE NULL::anyarray END AS most_common_vals, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = ANY (ARRAY[1, 4])) THEN s.stanumbers4 ELSE NULL::real[] END AS most_common_freqs, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = 2) THEN s.stavalues1 WHEN (s.stakind2 = 2) THEN s.stavalues2 WHEN (s.stakind3 = 2) THEN s.stavalues3 WHEN (s.stakind4 = 2) THEN s.stavalues4 ELSE NULL::anyarray END AS histogram_bounds, CASE WHEN (s.stakind1 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers1[1] WHEN (s.stakind2 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers2[1] WHEN (s.stakind3 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers3[1] WHEN (s.stakind4 = 3) THEN s.stanumbers4[1] ELSE NULL::real END AS correlation FROM (((pg_statistic s JOIN pg_class c ON ((c.oid = s.starelid))) JOIN pg_attribute a ON (((c.oid = a.attrelid) AND (a.attnum = s.staattnum)))) LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) WHERE ((NOT a.attisdropped) AND has_column_privilege(c.oid, a.attnum, 'select'::text));
pg_tables | SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS tableowner, t.spcname AS tablespace, c.relhasindex AS hasindexes, c.relhasrules AS hasrules, c.relhastriggers AS hastriggers FROM ((pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) LEFT JOIN pg_tablespace t ON ((t.oid = c.reltablespace))) WHERE (c.relkind = 'r'::"char");