Re: Roles - SET ROLE Updated - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Roles - SET ROLE Updated
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Msg-id 42E008C9.3030708@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Roles - SET ROLE Updated  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

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>However I'm a bit dubious about whether "has_role" isn't an invasion of
>application namespace.  pg_has_role would be better, but we have the
>(mis) precedent of has_table_privilege.  What do you think about calling
>it "has_role_privilege"?
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Do we need to follow a bad precedent for the sake of consistency? If
forced to choose, in general I would prefer to sacrifice consistency.

cheers

andrew (old Emersonian)



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