Re: Privileges for INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA (was Re: Small clarification in "34.41. schemata") - Mailing list pgsql-docs

On 1/9/13 8:56 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> However, it seems to me that this behavior is actually wrong for our
> purposes, as it represents a too-literal reading of the spec.  The SQL
> standard has no concept of privileges on schemas, only ownership.
> We do have privileges on schemas, so it seems to me that the consistent
> thing would be for this view to show any schema that you either own or
> have some privilege on.  That is the test should be more like
>
>     pg_has_role(n.nspowner, 'USAGE')
>     OR has_schema_privilege(n.oid, 'CREATE, USAGE')
>
> As things stand, a non-superuser won't see "public", "pg_catalog",
> nor even "information_schema" itself in this view, which seems a
> tad silly.

I agree it would make sense to change this.