| From: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> | 
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Bug Report -- information schema view is broken 'unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"' | 
| Date: | 2004-06-04 05:31:05 | 
| Message-ID: | 87wu2n3n52.fsf@stark.xeocode.com | 
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I haven't seen it mentioned, but I could have missed it. It seems like this
kind of thing must be known and probably fixed already? I'm actually still
using 7.4 beta 5. IIRC that was the last beta before the release and there
were no changes for 7.4.
db=> select table_name from information_schema.tables;
ERROR:  unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"
db=> \d information_schema.tables
                       View "information_schema.tables"
            Column            |               Type                | Modifiers 
------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------
 table_catalog                | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 table_schema                 | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 table_name                   | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 table_type                   | information_schema.character_data | 
 self_referencing_column_name | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 reference_generation         | information_schema.character_data | 
 user_defined_type_catalog    | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 user_defined_type_schema     | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
 user_defined_name            | information_schema.sql_identifier | 
View definition:
 SELECT current_database()::character varying::information_schema.sql_identifier AS table_catalog, nc.nspname::character varying::information_schema.sql_identifier AS table_schema, c.relname::character varying::information_schema.sql_identifier AS table_name, 
        CASE
            WHEN nc.nspname ~~ like_escape('pg!_temp!_%'::text, '!'::text) THEN 'LOCAL TEMPORARY'::text
            WHEN c.relkind = 'r'::"char" THEN 'BASE TABLE'::text
            WHEN c.relkind = 'v'::"char" THEN 'VIEW'::text
            ELSE NULL::text
        END::information_schema.character_data AS table_type, NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifier AS self_referencing_column_name, NULL::information_schema.character_data::information_schema.character_data AS reference_generation, NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifier AS user_defined_type_catalog, NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifier AS user_defined_type_schema, NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifier AS user_defined_name
   FROM pg_namespace nc, pg_class c, pg_user u
  WHERE c.relnamespace = nc.oid AND u.usesysid = c.relowner AND (c.relkind = 'r'::"char" OR c.relkind = 'v'::"char") AND (u.usename = "current_user"() OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'SELECT'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'INSERT'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'UPDATE'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'DELETE'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'RULE'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'RERERENCES'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'TRIGGER'::text));
Note the "RERERENCES" in the last line of the view definition.
-- 
greg
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