Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink
Date: 2019-12-19 20:54:44
Message-ID: CAMkU=1xu5HKH46UFYda7xi8xTOzm7_GTTBTJ9r=_CbPq-N5qkw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:43 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:33:03AM -0500, Jeff Janes wrote:
> > I think that the permissions around the usage of foreign server names as
> > connection names in dblink should be documented, as in the attached.
>
> Uh, this looks like an odd place to document it, since this part is
> talking about permissions.
>

Yes, giving this permission gives you usage of it in a place that is
non-obvious, and that the doc doesn't mention. Isn't the place about
permission the correct place to document these non-obvious permissions?

Cheers,

Jeff

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