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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-05-30 02:23:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-05-30 02:23:09 +0000 |
| commit | 2bde07c198a4995a4a756c58ee65d030a0e6ee02 (patch) | |
| tree | 67b2614c3252be3dbe8f48a863cb810913e26bbf /doc/src | |
| parent | 63f591e9695160bce80c77714970213cf8ca3318 (diff) | |
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Clarify the meaning of "trusted language" in the documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml index 679f8d50b15..54245641e1e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.50 2010/04/03 07:22:58 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.51 2010/05/30 02:23:09 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -104,11 +104,10 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] [ TRUSTED ] [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="pa <listitem> <para> - <literal>TRUSTED</literal> specifies that - the language is safe, that is, it does not offer an - unprivileged user any functionality to bypass access - restrictions. If this key word is omitted when registering the - language, only users with the + <literal>TRUSTED</literal> specifies that the language does + not grant access to data that the user would not otherwise + have. If this key word is omitted + when registering the language, only users with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> superuser privilege can use this language to create new functions. </para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml index 87de1971bc4..78daa40ff16 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml,v 1.37 2010/04/03 07:22:56 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml,v 1.38 2010/05/30 02:23:09 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="xplang"> <title>Procedural Languages</title> @@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ CREATE <optional>TRUSTED</optional> <optional>PROCEDURAL</optional> LANGUAGE <re <optional>VALIDATOR <replaceable>validator_function_name</replaceable></optional> ; </synopsis> The optional key word <literal>TRUSTED</literal> specifies that - ordinary database users that have no superuser privileges should - be allowed to use this language to create functions and trigger + the language does not grant access to data that the user would + not otherwise have. Trusted languages are designed for ordinary + database users (those without superuser privilege) and allows them + to safely create of functions and trigger procedures. Since PL functions are executed inside the database server, the <literal>TRUSTED</literal> flag should only be given for languages that do not allow access to database server |