-- The problem: Our admin RLS policies check the `profiles` table -- to determine if a user is an admin. But those checks ARE on the -- `profiles` table itself, causing Postgres to loop forever. -- ...

-- The problem: the projects INSERT policy checks profiles for role, -- and the profiles SELECT policy also checks profiles for role → infinite loop. -- The fix: a SECURITY DEFINER function bypasses ...

The basic concept of recursion is straightforward: a given chunk of code calls itself until some boundary condition is reached. Arthur Fuller demonstrates how to use recursion in T-SQL. TechRepublic’s ...