Bryn Jeffries <bryn.jeffr...@sydney.edu.au> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote
>> I think you might be able to do something with invoking untrusted code
>> inside a SECURITY DEFINER function.  That context disables both SET ROLE
>> and SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION.  I would not want to bet a lot on that
>> being bulletproof, however.

> Me neither. But out of interest, do you know what the intent was for the 
> SESSION and LOCAL modifiers for SET ROLE?
> Both seem to do nothing more than regular SET ROLE, but are PostgreSQL 
> extensions. 

Those are just there because they're there for any SET <variable> command.
LOCAL means "set just for the duration of this transaction".  SESSION is
only a noise word IIRC, ie, it lets you explicitly specify the default
behavior.

                        regards, tom lane


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