Re: Visibility of objects in other schema's - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Visibility of objects in other schema's
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Msg-id 29826.1067271546@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Visibility of objects in other schema's  (Fred Vos <fred.vos@uvt.nl>)
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Fred Vos <fred.vos@uvt.nl> writes:
> Since version 7.3 of PostgreSQL it's possible to create schema's. The
> User's Guide (paragraph 2.8.4) says that it is not possible to view
> objects from a schema you do not own:

> "By default, users cannot see the objects in schemas they do not own."

Poor choice of verb, I think ... it should say "cannot access the objects".

> Is it considered a problem?

No, it isn't.  The \d commands rely only on being able to read the
system catalogs, which is a facility we do not intend to eliminate.

            regards, tom lane

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