Doc: add a summary table to the CREATE POLICY docs.

This table summarizes which RLS policy expressions apply to each
command type, and whether they apply to the old or new tuples (or
both), which saves reading through a lot of text.

Rod Taylor, hacked on by me. Reviewed by Fabien Coelho.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHz80e4HxJShm6m9ZWFrHW=pgd2KP=RZmfFnEccujtPMiAOW5Q@mail.gmail.com

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_policy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_policy.sgml
index 0c5cd06518acd8cb3b92decaf66f45f88109cbfe..564a16994d669aded10e827490f4e2179a47c8b7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_policy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_policy.sgml
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ CREATE POLICY name ON 
   
    Policies can be applied for specific commands or for specific roles.  The
    default for newly created policies is that they apply for all commands and
-   roles, unless otherwise specified.
+   roles, unless otherwise specified.  Multiple policies may apply to a single
+   command; see below for more details.
+    summarizes how the different types
+   of policy apply to specific commands.
   
 
   
@@ -353,6 +356,105 @@ CREATE POLICY name ON 
      
 
    
+
+   
+    Policies Applied by Command Type
+    
+     
+     
+     
+     
+      
+       Command
+       SELECT/ALL policy
+       INSERT/ALL policy
+       UPDATE/ALL policy
+       DELETE/ALL policy
+      
+      
+       USING expression
+       WITH CHECK expression
+       USING expression
+       WITH CHECK expression
+       USING expression
+      
+     
+     
+      
+       SELECT
+       Existing row
+       —
+       —
+       —
+       —
+      
+      
+       SELECT FOR UPDATE/SHARE
+       Existing row
+       —
+       Existing row
+       —
+       —
+      
+      
+       INSERT
+       —
+       New row
+       —
+       —
+       —
+      
+      
+       INSERT ... RETURNING
+       
+        New row
+        
+         
+          If read access is required to the existing or new row (for example,
+          a WHERE or RETURNING clause
+          that refers to columns from the relation).
+         
+        
+       
+       New row
+       —
+       —
+       —
+      
+      
+       UPDATE
+       
+        Existing & new rows
+        
+       
+       —
+       Existing row
+       New row
+       —
+      
+      
+       DELETE
+       
+        Existing row
+        
+       
+       —
+       —
+       —
+       Existing row
+      
+      
+       ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE
+       Existing & new rows
+       —
+       Existing row
+       New row
+       —
+      
+     
+    
+   
+