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Brendan Jurd wrote:
> I've done up a patch per Tom's idea of combining the binary role
> attributes into a single column.
>
> Each attribute which differs from the default is listed on a separate
> line, like so:
>
> List of roles
> Role name | Attributes | Member of
> -------------+----------------+-------------------
> bob | | {readers,writers}
> brendanjurd | Superuser | {}
> : Create role
> : Create DB
> harry | No inherit | {}
> jim | 10 connections | {readers}
> readers | No login | {}
> writers | No login | {}
> (6 rows)
>
> Notes:
>
> * The patch relies on array_to_string's current treatment of NULL
> values in the array; they are ignored. If that behaviour changes in
> the future, the \du output will become very ugly indeed.
> * I'm not sure whether "No login" and "No inherit" are the best
> phrases to use. I took my cue from the SQL setting names NOLOGIN and
> NOINHERIT, but maybe something more grammatically sensible with
> "Cannot login" and "No inheritance" would be preferable.
> * If accepted, this patch would supercede the earlier patch mentioned
> by Bernd Helmle upthread, which adds LOGIN to the output as a new
> column: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-11/msg00014.php
>
> Cheers,
> BJ
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