Re: 8.1 release, next take - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: 8.1 release, next take
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Msg-id 200509182212.15359.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: 8.1 release, next take  (Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: 8.1 release, next take  (Chris Travers <chris@metatrontech.com>)
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Chris,

> Roles: PostgreSQL has unified users and groups into a common object
> type called a role.  Access privileges are associated with roles, and
> the unification makes it easier to manage access for large user bases
> involving complex overlapping database privileges.

Too techie, I think.  Database Roles are advertised as a feature in other
DBMSes; what's the buzzword marketspeak for why people should want them?

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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