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   The catalog <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> 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 <code class="literal">WITH CHECK</code> option for queries that attempt to
   add new records to the table.
  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.39.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 51.37. <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_policy Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       Column Type
      </p>
      <p>
       Description
      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Row identifier
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The name of the policy
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polrelid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="51.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       The table to which the policy applies
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polcmd</code> <code class="type">char</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The command type to which the policy is applied:
       <code class="literal">r</code> for <code class="command">SELECT</code>,
       <code class="literal">a</code> for <code class="command">INSERT</code>,
       <code class="literal">w</code> for <code class="command">UPDATE</code>,
       <code class="literal">d</code> for <code class="command">DELETE</code>,
       or <code class="literal">*</code> for all
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polpermissive</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Is the policy permissive or restrictive?
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polroles</code> <code class="type">oid[]</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="51.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       The roles to which the policy is applied
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polqual</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The expression tree to be added to the security barrier qualifications for queries that use the table
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">polwithcheck</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The expression tree to be added to the WITH CHECK qualifications for queries that attempt to add rows to the table
      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
    Policies stored in <code class="structname">pg_policy</code> are applied only when
    <code class="structname">pg_class</code>.<code class="structfield">relrowsecurity</code> is set for
    their table.
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