"Alain Roger" <raf.news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > i created the following function : > -- Function: immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd "varchar") > -- DROP FUNCTION immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd "varchar"); > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd > "varchar") > RETURNS int4 AS > $BODY$ > > DECLARE > myrec immense.accounts%ROWTYPE; > count INTEGER := 0; > /**************************************/ > > BEGIN > > FOR myrec IN > SELECT * FROM immense.accounts WHERE account_login=$1 and account_pwd=$2 > LOOP > count := count + 1; > END LOOP; > RETURN count; > > END; > > $BODY$ > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE; > ALTER FUNCTION immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd "varchar") OWNER TO > immensesk; > GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd > "varchar") TO immensesk; > > However, postgreSQL add automatically the following line to each procedure > and i do not know why ? > GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION immense.sp_a_001(username "varchar", pwd > "varchar") TO public; > > normally, in such case (i mean without granted execution right to public on > this procedure), only immensesk user should be able to run it... so why such > thing ? > it is not secured... Default rights for newly created functions allow execution by public. To remove this, use REVOKE. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com