Re: Must be owner to truncate?

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Postgres Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2005-07-07T20:58:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Jim C. Nasby (decibel@decibel.org) wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 01:48:59PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I don't really agree with the viewpoint that truncate is just a quick
> > DELETE, and so I do not agree that DELETE permissions should be enough
> > to let you do a TRUNCATE.
> 
> What about adding a truncate permission? I would find it useful, as it
> seems would others.

That would be acceptable for me as well.  I'd prefer it just work off
delete, but as long as I can grant truncate to someone w/o giving them
ownership rights on the table I'd be happy.

	Thanks,

		Stephen