Goal Find views that have the security invoker option. Such option is possible starting from PostgreSQL 15. In case of using such views one cannot create a system where data is accessed through views and the users (applications) do not have direct access to the base tables.
Type Problem detection Each row in the result could represent a flaw in the design
Reliability Medium Medium number of false-positive results
License MIT (opens in new tab)
Data Source system catalog only
SQL Query 
SELECT 
  pg_namespace.nspname, 
  pg_class.relname 
FROM 
  pg_catalog.pg_class, 
  pg_catalog.pg_namespace
WHERE pg_catalog.pg_class.relnamespace=pg_catalog.pg_namespace.oid 
AND 'security_invoker=true'=ANY(pg_catalog.pg_class.reloptions) 
ORDER BY nspname, relname;

Collections

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Find problems by overview

Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not .

NameDescription
Find problems by overviewQueries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not .

Categories

This query is classified under the following categories:

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.

NameDescription
Derived tablesQueries of this category provide information about the derived tables (views, materialized views), which are used to implement virtual data layer.
SecurityQueries of this category provide information about the security measures.