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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2012-01-09 21:10:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2012-01-09 21:10:50 +0200 |
| commit | 743ed082accbc542294a4408e2e45a6ffb8ec966 (patch) | |
| tree | af3aac6df7d211fdf0830c67d34e4a862aefdf0d /doc/src | |
| parent | dc3f33f6be0be3f7ce25511d4485506ec43e20aa (diff) | |
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Add compatibility note about grant options on GRANT reference page
Point out in the compatibility section that granting grant options to
PUBLIC is not supported by PostgreSQL. This is already mentioned
earlier, but since it concerns the information schema, it might be
worth pointing out explicitly as a compatibility issue.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml index 51dd2e05e75..c5edaed153a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml @@ -631,6 +631,12 @@ GRANT admins TO joe; </para> <para> + According to the SQL standard, grant options can be granted to + <literal>PUBLIC</literal>; PostgreSQL only supports granting grant options + to roles. + </para> + + <para> The SQL standard provides for a <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on other kinds of objects: character sets, collations, translations. |