according the manual
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/privileges.html), 'The
special name PUBLIC can be used to grant a privilege to every role on
the system.'
So, "PUBLIC" may be considered as special keyword when granting
_priveleges_, not roles.
On 8/1/06, Brian Hurt <bhurt@janestcapital.com> wrote:
>
> I'm having problems granting a role to PUBLIC. According to the manual,
> you do this by:
> GRANT role TO PUBLIC;
>
> but when I try this, I get an error:
>
> bhurt_dev=# GRANT test_role TO PUBLIC;
> ERROR: role "public" does not exist
> bhurt_dev=#
>
> This is Postgresql 8.01.0004. Any ideas?
>
> Brian
>
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Nikolay
