Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION
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Msg-id 815.1026186477@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION  (Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>)
Responses Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION  (Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>)
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Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
>> I believe the spec just demands USAGE on the underlying function for
>> the TRANSLATE case, and I don't see why it should be different for
>> CONVERT.  (In principle, if we didn't use a C-only API, you could
>> just call the underlying function directly; so there's little point
>> in having protection restrictions different from that case.)

> Ok, so:

> (1) a CONVERSION can only be dropped by the superuser or its owner.

Okay ...

> (2) a grant syntax for CONVERSION is:

>     GRANT USAGE ON CONVERSION <conversion_name> to
>     {<user_name> | GROUP <group_name> | PUBLIC} [, ...]

No, I don't think a conversion has any privileges of its own at all.
You either have USAGE on the underlying function, or not.
        regards, tom lane




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