Re: BUG #1610: rewrite rule and sequence - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Olleg Samoylov wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      1610
> Logged by:          Olleg Samoylov
> Email address:      olleg@mipt.ru
> PostgreSQL version: 7.4.7
> Operating system:   Linux debian-amd64
> Description:        rewrite rule and sequence
> Details:
>
> Rule on view can't insert in table with "serial" field under not owner. Need
> grant privilege on sequence explicitly.

That's not a bug, it's a feature (as they say).

Although you can automatically generate sequences with the serial pseudo
-type, they are separate objects. Not only can you create them
separately from a table, you can have many columns using
nextval('my_sequence') as their default.

I suppose you could argue that a sequence only used by one table could
inherit that table's permissions by default, but I can see problems when
people reorder GRANT statements.

HTH
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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd