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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml index d80daa9807b..2bd1abbcde4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml @@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ CREATE VIEW vista AS SELECT text 'Hello World' AS hello; <para> Access to tables referenced in the view is determined by permissions of - the view owner. However, functions called in the view are treated the - same as if they had been called directly from the query using the view. - Therefore the user of a view must have permissions to call all functions - used by the view. + the view owner. In some cases, this can be used to provide secure but + restricted access to the underlying tables. However, not all views are + secure against tampering; see <xref linkend="rules-privileges"> for + details. Functions called in the view are treated the same as if they had + been called directly from the query using the view. Therefore the user of + a view must have permissions to call all functions used by the view. </para> <para> |