Re: Strange inconsistency using psql

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 12:29 PM John Scalia <jayknowsunix(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I had to do some privilege assignments this morning on a bunch of tables,
> sequences, functions, and views. On all of these object, I generally try to
> use a command like:
>
> GRANT all ON TABLE x TO new_user;
>
> Where TABLE is either that object or a SEQUENCE or FUNCTION. These all
> worked perfectly for me. What did not work was specifying that the object
> was a VIEW. The system would spit out a syntax error at the object’s name
> being specified, however, if I omitted the word VIEW, and not specify the
> type of object, then the GRANT succeeded.
>
> Was this intentional behavior, or is the grammar slightly amiss? All the
> other types of objects worked perfectly with this style of command.
> —
> Jay
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
There is no VIEW clause to the GRANT command. The TABLE clause is actually
optional in the command when setting privileges on tables or views. And
generally you can use the privileges used on tables when setting privileges
on views.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-grant.html

Keith