Re: information schema/aclexplode doesn't know about default privileges
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-01-09T18:23:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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- infoschema-aclexplode-acldefault.patch (text/x-patch) patch
On mån, 2012-01-02 at 06:43 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I figured the best and most flexible way to address this is to export
> acldefault() as an SQL function and replace
>
> aclexplode(proacl)
>
> with
>
> aclexplode(coalesce(proacl, acldefault('f', proowner)))
>
> where 'f' here is something that is mapped to ACL_OBJECT_FUNCTION
> internally. AFAICT, there is no existing way to map an SQL-accessible
> quantity to the ACL_OBJECT_* symbols, so I'll just have to make
> something up.
Nobody had a better idea, so here is the final patch. I adjusted the
regression tests a bit to avoid bloat from the now-visible owner
privileges.