Re: information_schema 7.4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: information_schema 7.4
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Msg-id 1049734995.40144.25.camel@jester
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In response to information_schema 7.4  (Andreas Pflug <Andreas.Pflug@web.de>)
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On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 07:45, Andreas Pflug wrote:
> I like the information_schema namespace included in 7.4, but it at the
> moment it's rather unusable to me because most views are restricted to
> showing only objects owned by the current_user. I regularly need ALL
> objects visible, as long as the user has rights on it.

You're welcome to read up on the SQL spec for Information_schema, but
the spec (to me) declares that the current_user must own or be able to
modify the object to see it.

I'll agree it makes the information_schema somewhat less useful.

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Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>

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