Re: SEQUENCE keyword is option on GRANT

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: SEQUENCE keyword is option on GRANT
Date: 2025-03-31 13:55:51
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On Monday, March 31, 2025, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-grant.html
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>
> The documentation indicates that they keyword SEQUENCE must precede the
> sequence_name in a GRANT, but in my experience it is optional:
>
> colin(at)adinkra:~$ psql
> psql (17.4 (Debian 17.4-1.pgdg120+2))
> Type "help" for help.
>
> colin(at)[local]:colin=> create sequence x;
> CREATE SEQUENCE
> colin(at)[local]:colin=> grant select on x to public; -- should fail but
> works
>
>
Sequences are relations (see pg_class) so the [TABLE] variant is able to
target them, which is what you’ve written here.

David J.

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