Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink
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Msg-id 20191223224837.GA24866@momjian.us
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In response to Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink  (Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 03:54:44PM -0500, Jeff Janes wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:43 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
>     On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:33:03AM -0500, Jeff Janes wrote:
>     > I think that the permissions around the usage of foreign server names as
>     > connection names in dblink should be documented, as in the attached.
> 
>     Uh, this looks like an odd place to document it, since this part is
>     talking about permissions.
> 
> 
> Yes, giving this permission gives you usage of it in a place that is
> non-obvious, and that the doc  doesn't mention.  Isn't the place about
> permission the correct place to document these non-obvious permissions?

How is using a foreign server name in dblink a permission?

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