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sabeensp
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Row Level Security (RLS)

Hello,

I need to implement RLS.
I have 2 tables (below). Table 1 has all the users with their emails and Title. Table 2 has data which needs to be presented based on RLS, however some records can be viewed by multiple users based on their Titles.  I can create a realtionship between those 2 tables either by ID, Username, or Title.  Thanks in advance.

 

Table 1:

IDNameUsernameTitle
1Johnjohn@xyz.comManager
2Jerryjerry@xyz.comDirector
3Marymary@xyz.comManger
4Suesue@xyz.comAnalyst
5Alexalex@xyz.comDeveloper

 

Table 2

RowidWho can ViewCol1Col2
101Manager/Director  
102Manager/Director  
103Manager/Director  
104Manager/Director  
105Analyst / Developer  
106Everyone  
107Everyone  
108Everyone  
109Everyone  
110Only Director  
111Only Director  
112Only Director  
113Only Manager  

 

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Anonymous
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@sabeensp  - You could have a bridge table that contains a row for each combination of Table2 RowID and Title. Then, Table1 will filter the Bridge table and the Bridge table will filter Table2.

Hope this helps,

Nathan

@Anonymous Data table has over 10M rows creating mutiple combination would be hard, but thanks for the tip.

Anonymous
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Is the RLS defined row-by-row for 10M rows? Or is there some other attribute that can be exploited?

@AnonymousOnly Title of the employee

Anonymous
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The Bridge table could instead be the distinct combinations of Who can View and Title. Then use those two columns in the relationships.

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