Views with WHERE but without security barrier

Query goal:

Find views that do not have the security barrier option but restrict rows in some way.

Query type:

Problem detection (Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design)

Query reliability:

High (Few or no false-positive results)

Query license:

MIT License

Data source:

INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog

SQL query:

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SELECT 
  pg_namespace.nspname AS view_schema, 
  pg_class.relname AS view_name 
FROM 
  pg_catalog.pg_class, 
  pg_catalog.pg_namespace
WHERE pg_catalog.pg_class.relnamespace=pg_catalog.pg_namespace.oid 
AND relkind='v'
AND nspname NOT IN (SELECT schema_name
FROM information_schema.schemata
WHERE schema_name<>'public' AND
schema_owner='postgres' AND schema_name IS NOT NULL)
AND (('security_barrier=true'<>ALL(pg_catalog.pg_class.reloptions)) OR pg_catalog.pg_class.reloptions IS NULL)
AND pg_get_viewdef(pg_class.oid)~*'WHERE[[:space:]]'
ORDER BY view_schema, view_name;

Collections where the query belongs to

Collection name	Collection description
Find problems automatically	Queries, that results point to problems in the database. Each query in the collection produces an initial assessment. However, a human reviewer has the final say as to whether there is a problem or not .

Collection name

Collection description

Find problems automatically

Queries, that results point to problems in the database. Each query in the collection produces an initial assessment. However, a human reviewer has the final say as to whether there is a problem or not .

Categories where the query belongs to

Category name	Category description
Derived tables	Queries of this category provide information about the derived tables (views, materialized views), which are used to implement virtual data layer.
Security	Queries of this category provide information about the security measures.

Category name

Category description

Derived tables

Queries of this category provide information about the derived tables (views, materialized views), which are used to implement virtual data layer.

Security

Queries of this category provide information about the security measures.

Reference materials for further reading

Reference
https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/how-do-postgresql-security_barrier-views-work/

Reference

https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/how-do-postgresql-security_barrier-views-work/