Re: Using current_database() in a grant

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using current_database() in a grant
Date: 2002-10-20 15:41:53
Message-ID: 20021020154153.GA15114@wolff.to
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:27:15 -0500,
Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
> In 7.3b1 I am trying to use current_database in a grant statement to
> give access to the current database in a script. Since I really
> only have one database I plan on using the script for I can just
> hard code the name. However I would think it would be nice to allow
> this to work so people can keep their scripts more general without
> having to do more complicated mechanisms.
>
> Here is what happens when I try this:
> area=# grant create on database current_database() to bruno;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "(" at character 42

I guess using :DBNAME in psgl is just as easy, but it does seem odd
that I can't use the function.

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