| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | will trillich <will(at)serensoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: information on users |
| Date: | 2001-04-09 22:21:31 |
| Message-ID: | 200104092221.f39MLV230664@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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will trillich wrote:
>What's interesting is that pg_user is PER DATABASE whereas
>pg_shadow is DATABASE INDEPENDENT. i have a guess as to why that
>is so, but rather than 'open mouth insert foot' i'll let someone
>else do the explaining.
pg_user is a view, and, in 7.0.x and earlier, views are empty tables with
rules attached. These are created by copying template1 into every new
database.
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