On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 02:24, Joe Conway wrote:
> I like this general idea and syntax. But it seems awkward to have to
> have the privilege granted twice. What about:
>
> GRANT CREATE SCHEMA [IN { database | ALL }] TO user | PUBLIC
> REVOKE CREATE SCHEMA [IN { database | ALL }] FROM user | PUBLIC
I would naturally interpret granting permission IN ALL to mean that the
user would certainly be allowed permission in all databases, whereas it
ought to be clear that the permission given is only hypothetical and
subject to permission's being granted for a specific database.
> where lack of the IN clause implies the current database, and ALL
> implies a system-wide grant/revoke. System-wide could only be issued by
> a superuser, while a specific database command could be issued by the DB
> owner or a superuser.
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