Re: Foreign table permissions and cloning

2011/5/11 Shigeru Hanada <hanada@metrosystems.co.jp>:
> (2011/04/26 5:42), Robert Haas wrote:
>> OK.  Turned out a little more cleanup was needed to make this all the
>> way consistent with how we handle views; I have now done that.
>
> I noticed that some fixes would be needed for consistency about foreign
> table privileges. Attached patch includes fixes below:
>
> 1) psql doesn't complete FOREIGN TABLE after GRANT/REVOKE.
> 2) pg_dump uses GRANT .. ON TABLE for foreign tables, instead of ON
> FOREIGN TABLE.
> 3) GRANT document mentions that ALL TABLES includes foreign tables too.
> 4) Rows of information_schema.foreign_tables/foreign_table_options are
> visible to users who have any privileges on the foreign table.

Thanks; I'm embarrassed I didn't notice those things myself.  I've
committed this patch with very slight adjustment.

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Robert Haas
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