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-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.67 2007/10/30 19:43:30 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.68 2008/05/05 01:21:03 adunstan Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
to obtain information about existing privileges, for example:
<programlisting>
=> \z mytable
- Access privileges for database "lusitania"
- Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
---------+---------+-------+---------------------------------------------------
- public | mytable | table | {miriam=arwdxt/miriam,=r/miriam,admin=arw/miriam}
+ Access privileges for database "lusitania"
+ Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
+--------+---------+-------+----------------------
+ public | mytable | table | miriam=arwdxt/miriam
+ : =r/miriam
+ : admin=arw/miriam
(1 row)
</programlisting>
The entries shown by <command>\z</command> are interpreted thus:
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.169 2008/05/05 00:11:31 adunstan Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.170 2008/05/05 01:21:03 adunstan Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "describe.h"
"SELECT n.nspname as \"%s\",\n"
" c.relname as \"%s\",\n"
" CASE c.relkind WHEN 'r' THEN '%s' WHEN 'v' THEN '%s' WHEN 'S' THEN '%s' END as \"%s\",\n"
- " c.relacl as \"%s\"\n"
+ " pg_catalog.array_to_string(c.relacl, E'\\n') as \"%s\"\n"
"FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n"
" LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace\n"
"WHERE c.relkind IN ('r', 'v', 'S')\n",
GRANT ALL ON deptest1 TO regression_user2;
RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
\z deptest1
- Access privileges for database "regression"
- Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
---------+----------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- public | deptest1 | table | {regression_user0=arwdxt/regression_user0,regression_user1=a*r*w*d*x*t*/regression_user0,regression_user2=arwdxt/regression_user1}
+ Access privileges for database "regression"
+ Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
+--------+----------+-------+------------------------------------------------
+ public | deptest1 | table | regression_user0=arwdxt/regression_user0
+ : regression_user1=a*r*w*d*x*t*/regression_user0
+ : regression_user2=arwdxt/regression_user1
(1 row)
DROP OWNED BY regression_user1;
-- all grants revoked
\z deptest1
- Access privileges for database "regression"
- Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
---------+----------+-------+--------------------------------------------
- public | deptest1 | table | {regression_user0=arwdxt/regression_user0}
+ Access privileges for database "regression"
+ Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
+--------+----------+-------+------------------------------------------
+ public | deptest1 | table | regression_user0=arwdxt/regression_user0
(1 row)
-- table was dropped