Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Treat
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles
Date
Msg-id 200507011607.29303.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles
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On Friday 01 July 2005 13:07, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote:
> > Thanks, TODO updated.  We still support CREATE GROUP?  It translates to
> > roles?
>
> Yes,
<snip> 

However On Friday 01 July 2005 13:02, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote:
> > Stupid question, but how do roles relate to our existing "groups"?
>
> Uhhh.  There are no longer "groups", they've been replaced with roles
> (which can have members).
>

Was following this conversation up till now, because these two statement seem 
to contradict each other.  Do we really support groups still, are is CREATE 
GROUP now syntactical sugar for some for of CREATE ROLE. 

-- 
Robert Treat
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