Re: Extend ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES for large objects

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>

From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
To: Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-07-15T10:07:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 2025/07/10 14:11, Yugo Nagata wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:23:47 +0900
> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 2025/07/10 10:30, Yugo Nagata wrote:
>>> You're right. I must have overlooked something. I think I saw "TO" being
>>> suggested after "FOREIGN SERVER" when no foreign servers were defined.
>>>
>>> The attached patch still prevents "TO/FROM" from being suggested after
>>> "FOREIGN SERVER" in such cases.
> 
>>
>> Based on your patch, I'm thinking of simplifying the code like this:
>>
>> -       else if (Matches("GRANT", MatchAnyN, "ON", MatchAny, MatchAny))
>> -               COMPLETE_WITH("TO");
>> -       else if (Matches("REVOKE", MatchAnyN, "ON", MatchAny, MatchAny))
>> -               COMPLETE_WITH("FROM");
>> +       else if (Matches("GRANT|REVOKE", MatchAnyN, "ON", MatchAny, MatchAny) &&
>> +                        !TailMatches("FOREIGN", "SERVER") && !TailMatches("LARGE", "OBJECT"))
>> +       {
>> +               if (Matches("GRANT", MatchAnyN, "ON", MatchAny, MatchAny))
>> +                       COMPLETE_WITH("TO");
>> +               else
>> +                       COMPLETE_WITH("FROM");
>> +       }
> 
> Thank you for your review!
>   I agree with your suggestion and have updated the patch accordingly.

I've pushed the patch. Thanks!

>>> But perhaps this corner case doesn't really
>>> need to be handled?
>>
>> Probably I failed to get your point here. Could you clarify what you meant?
> 
> I'm sorry for not explaining it clearly.
> 
> Currently, TO or FROM could be suggested immediately after FOREIGN SERVER, but
> only when no foreign servers are defined. When foreign servers do exist,
> their names are correctly suggested instead, as expected.
> 
> The patch fixed the behavior so that TO or FROM are not suggested after FOREIGN SERVER,
> even when no foreign servers are defined. However, I've started to wonder if it's worth
> fixing such a corner case. What do you think?

I think it's worth doing. This issue can lead to unexpected behavior
and is something users might run into. If the fix were overly complex
for a minor issue, it might not be justified. But that's not the case here.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
NTT DATA Japan Corporation




Commits

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  1. psql: Fix tab-completion after GRANT/REVOKE on LARGE OBJECT and FOREIGN SERVER.

  2. psql: Improve psql tab completion for GRANT/REVOKE on large objects.

  3. Extend ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES to define default privileges for large objects.

  4. Convert tab-complete's long else-if chain to a switch statement.