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3 The catalog <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> stores row-level
4 security policies for tables. A policy includes the kind of
5 command that it applies to (possibly all commands), the roles that it
6 applies to, the expression to be added as a security-barrier
7 qualification to queries that include the table, and the expression
8 to be added as a <code class="literal">WITH CHECK</code> option for queries that attempt to
9 add new records to the table.
10 </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.40.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.38. <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_policy Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
15 </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
16 <code class="structfield">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
20 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
21 <code class="structfield">polname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
24 The name of the policy
25 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
26 <code class="structfield">polrelid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
27 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
30 The table to which the policy applies
31 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
32 <code class="structfield">polcmd</code> <code class="type">char</code>
35 The command type to which the policy is applied:
36 <code class="literal">r</code> for <a class="xref" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT"><span class="refentrytitle">SELECT</span></a>,
37 <code class="literal">a</code> for <a class="xref" href="sql-insert.html" title="INSERT"><span class="refentrytitle">INSERT</span></a>,
38 <code class="literal">w</code> for <a class="xref" href="sql-update.html" title="UPDATE"><span class="refentrytitle">UPDATE</span></a>,
39 <code class="literal">d</code> for <a class="xref" href="sql-delete.html" title="DELETE"><span class="refentrytitle">DELETE</span></a>,
40 or <code class="literal">*</code> for all
41 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
42 <code class="structfield">polpermissive</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
45 Is the policy permissive or restrictive?
46 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
47 <code class="structfield">polroles</code> <code class="type">oid[]</code>
48 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
51 The roles to which the policy is applied;
52 zero means <code class="literal">PUBLIC</code>
53 (and normally appears alone in the array)
54 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
55 <code class="structfield">polqual</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
58 The expression tree to be added to the security barrier qualifications for queries that use the table
59 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
60 <code class="structfield">polwithcheck</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
63 The expression tree to be added to the WITH CHECK qualifications for queries that attempt to add rows to the table
64 </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
65 Policies stored in <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> are applied only when
66 <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relrowsecurity</code> is set for
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