Kai Behncke wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> If I create on my system (Postgresql 8.2.4) a new database it gets
> automatically the schema public.
>
> I would like to know what this schema is for?
>
> On my system I have a couple of different users. The owner of the
> public-schema is postgres.
By default everyone gets access to objects in schema "public", so that's
select, update, insert, delete on any tables etc. It makes it easy to
get started.
> Could it be Fatal to give all of my users the maximum permissions to
> change that public schema? What could be the result?
Well, it depends on whether you want your users to be able to create and
drop tables,view,functions etc.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
