On 7/26/17 11:29, Tom Lane wrote:
> You'll notice that that statement fails in the regression tests:
>
> ALTER USER ALL SET application_name to 'SLAP';
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "ALL"
>
> The one that works is
>
> ALTER ROLE ALL SET application_name to 'SLAP';
>
> and the reason is that AlterRoleSetStmt has a separate production
> for ALL, but AlterUserSetStmt doesn't. This seems a tad bizarre
> though. Peter, you added that production (in commit 9475db3a4);
> is this difference intentional or just an oversight? If it's
> intentional, what's the reasoning?
That looks like a bug to me. ALTER USER also does not support the IN
DATABASE clause, so the code deviation might have started there already.
I propose the attached patch to clean this up.
For backpatching, I could develop some less invasive versions.
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