Re: A new feature patch and a bug fix - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: A new feature patch and a bug fix
Date
Msg-id 4766A344.5060408@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: A new feature patch and a bug fix  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
Responses Re: A new feature patch and a bug fix  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
Re: A new feature patch and a bug fix  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
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Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
>> Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
>>> I did it for a group, works great (8.1 and 8.2). Now, I don't really
>>> know if this is really a feature or something overlooked. Either pgAdmin
>>> is wrong either psql is.
>> No, in 8.1+ it works for roles whether they are what we would call login
>> roles or group roles. In 8.0 and below we had separate users and groups,
>> but I'm not sure you could assign ownership to a group back then.
>>
>
> You're right. I checked this on a 7.4 (I don't have a 8.0 release
> available) and, with this release, a group can't be the owner of a table.
>
> Do you think I should raise the issue (group owner on 8.1+) on
> pgsql-hackers ?

No - I think it just works because pg_group is a view over pg_role (or
whatever it's called ) on 8.1. I would try something like:

Index: pgadmin/dlg/dlgProperty.cpp
===================================================================
--- pgadmin/dlg/dlgProperty.cpp    (révision 6910)
+++ pgadmin/dlg/dlgProperty.cpp    (copie de travail)
@@ -432,7 +432,14 @@

 void dlgProperty::AddUsers(ctlComboBoxFix *cb1, ctlComboBoxFix *cb2)
 {
-    FillCombobox(wxT("SELECT usename FROM pg_user ORDER BY usename"),
cb1, cb2);
+    if (connection->BackendMinimumVersion(8, 1))
+    {
+        FillCombobox(wxT("SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles ORDER BY 1"),
cb1, cb2);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        FillCombobox(wxT("SELECT usename FROM pg_user ORDER BY 1"),
cb1, cb2);
+    }
 }


>>> I'll take a look at the query tool to see how to do this ("present a
>>> list of databases on the server"). Another call to wxSingleChoiceDialod
>>> seems a bad way to me... I'll need to add a new dialog, don't you think ?
>> Yes, I don't think it should be two dialogues.
>>
>
> I'm working on it now.

'K.

/D


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