| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pre-proposal: permissions made easier |
| Date: | 2009-06-28 22:28:32 |
| Message-ID: | 4A47EE90.2060205@dunslane.net |
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 05:27:19PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> David Fetter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> * Users who come from MySQL every once in a while, annoyed that
>>>> we don't support "GRANT ... *" syntax.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm missing what's wrong with a wild-card GRANT syntax for this
>>> case.
>>>
>> Without a major change in the way we do permissions, it will not
>> work prospectively. We have no way ATM to store permissions for an
>> object that does not currently exist.
>>
>
> There have been previous discussions of prospective permissions
> changes. Are we restarting them here?
>
>
>
*shrug*
It's not on the TODO list. I recall it being raised from time to time
but I certainly don't recall a consensus that it should be done, nor
how, so if you're implying that such a thing is a settled decision I
suspect you're not entirely correct. Of course, my memory has been known
to have errors ...
cheers
andrew
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