Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed
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In response to Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed  (Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>)
Responses Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed
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On Wed, Jun  4, 2025 at 02:29:46PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> I agree with David G. Johnston's feedback on this.  My draft didn't mention
> SECURITY DEFINER, because I consider it redundant from a user's perspective.
> If a function is SECURITY DEFINER, that always overrides other sources of user
> identity.  No need to mention it each time.

Well, if it is a SECURITY DEFINER function, it is not going to be run as
the user who is active at commit/execution time, so I think we have to
specify that.

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