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The catalog pg_policy stores row-level security policies for tables. A policy includes the kind of command that it applies to (possibly all commands), the roles that it applies to, the expression to be added as a security-barrier qualification to queries that include the table, and the expression to be added as a WITH CHECK option for queries that attempt to add new records to the table.

Table 52.38. pg_policy Columns

| Column Type

Description

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oid oid

Row identifier

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polname name

The name of the policy

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polrelid oid (references pg_class.oid)

The table to which the policy applies

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polcmd char

The command type to which the policy is applied: r for SELECT, a for INSERT, w for UPDATE, d for DELETE, or * for all

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polpermissive bool

Is the policy permissive or restrictive?

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polroles oid[] (references pg_authid.oid)

The roles to which the policy is applied; zero means PUBLIC (and normally appears alone in the array)

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polqual pg_node_tree

The expression tree to be added to the security barrier qualifications for queries that use the table

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polwithcheck pg_node_tree

The expression tree to be added to the WITH CHECK qualifications for queries that attempt to add rows to the table

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Note

Policies stored in pg_policy are applied only when pg_class.relrowsecurity is set for their table.