Re: "Re: Question about grant create on database and pg_dump/pg_dumpall - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Haribabu Kommi
Subject Re: "Re: Question about grant create on database and pg_dump/pg_dumpall
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Msg-id CAJrrPGeyTAHT1ysWSayQpUvGjJ+rWeFVErOZ6VS1ps_Rh+6sQA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to "Re: Question about grant create on database and pg_dump/pg_dumpall  (Rafia Sabih <rafia.sabih@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: "Re: Question about grant create on database and pg_dump/pg_dumpall  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rafia Sabih <rafia.sabih@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 06:39 AM, Haribabu Kommi
kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:

Still i feel the GRANT statements should be present, as the create
database statement
is generated only with -C option. So attached patch produces the GRANT
statements based
on the -x option.

The attached patch does the job fine. However, I am a little skeptical about this addition, since, it is clearly mentioned in the documentation of pg_dump that it would not restore global objects, then why expecting this. This addditon makes pg_dump -C somewhat special as now it is restoring these grant statements. Only if we consider the popular method of dump-restore mentioned in the thread (https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E1VYMqi-0001P4-P4%40wrigleys.postgresql.org) with pg_dumpall -g and then individual pg_dump, then it would be helpful to have this patch.

Thanks for your comments.

I am also not sure whether pg_dumpall -g and then individual pg_dump
is the more widely used approach or not? If it is the case, it is better
to fix the grant statements with -C option, otherwise I agree that
this patch is not required.

Any opinions from other members?

Regards,
Hari Babu
Fujitsu Australia

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