Back in 8.3, we installed permissions checks in these functions (see
commits
8bc225e7990a and
cc26599b7206). But we forgot to document that
anywhere in the user-facing docs; it did get mentioned in the 8.3 release
notes, but nobody's looking at that any more. Per gripe from Suya Huang.
<para>
<function>pg_database_size</function> and <function>pg_tablespace_size</>
accept the OID or name of a database or tablespace, and return the total
- disk space used therein.
+ disk space used therein. To use <function>pg_database_size</function>,
+ you must have <literal>CONNECT</> permission on the specified database
+ (which is granted by default). To use <function>pg_tablespace_size</>,
+ you must have <literal>CREATE</> permission on the specified tablespace,
+ unless it is the default tablespace for the current database.
</para>
<para>