Okay. I think I got it but it is not working the way it should. I have given select permission on one column but still it is displaying both the columns. Could you please tell me what is wrong.
techdb=# GRANT SELECT (description), UPDATE (description) ON techtable TO user1; GRANT sysdb=> select * from techtable; number | description --------+------------- (0 rows) techdb=> Thanks. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM, dipti shah <shahdipti1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yup. I read it and tired couple of ways but couldn't figured out how to > specify column names. It gives me below error message and hence, I asked for > the example. > > GRANT { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | REFERENCES } ( *column* [, ...] ) > > [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] ( *column* [, ...] ) } > ON [ TABLE ] *tablename* [, ...] > TO { [ GROUP ] *rolename* | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ] > > > techdb=# grant select(column['description']) ON techtable TO user1; > ERROR: syntax error at or near "column" > LINE 1: grant select(column['description']) ON techtable TO user1; > ^ > > Thanks, > Dipti. > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Michael Glaesemann > <g...@seespotcode.net>wrote: > >> >> On Apr 8, 2010, at 4:22 , dipti shah wrote: >> >> > Hi, from postgesql features list mentioned at >> > http://www.postgresql.org/about/press/features84.html, I came to know >> that >> > it is possible to grant column level permissions. >> >> <snip/> >> >> > Could anyone please give me the example of how to grant column level >> > permissions? Basically, I want to give permissions to set of >> > users(user-group) to only couple of columns in my table. >> >> Have you reviewed the fine documentation? >> <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-grant.html> >> >> Michael Glaesemann >> grzm seespotcode net >> >> >> >> >