Re: Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: "Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-11-14T02:50:55Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> This patch makes some sweeping statements.

Unfortunately, they are wrong.  What you term the additive nature is
really only a special case in the relationship between table and column
privileges.  Schema and database privileges are completely separate
things.