Thread: Bug Report -- information schema view is broken 'unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"'

I haven't seen it mentioned, but I could have missed it. It seems like this
kind of thing must be known and probably fixed already? I'm actually still
using 7.4 beta 5. IIRC that was the last beta before the release and there
were no changes for 7.4.


db=> select table_name from information_schema.tables;
ERROR:  unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"

db=> \d information_schema.tables
                       View "information_schema.tables"
            Column            |               Type                | Modifiers
------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------
 table_catalog                | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 table_schema                 | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 table_name                   | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 table_type                   | information_schema.character_data |
 self_referencing_column_name | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 reference_generation         | information_schema.character_data |
 user_defined_type_catalog    | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 user_defined_type_schema     | information_schema.sql_identifier |
 user_defined_name            | information_schema.sql_identifier |
View definition:
 SELECT current_database()::character varying::information_schema.sql_identifier AS table_catalog,
nc.nspname::charactervarying::information_schema.sql_identifier AS table_schema, c.relname::character
varying::information_schema.sql_identifierAS table_name,  
        CASE
            WHEN nc.nspname ~~ like_escape('pg!_temp!_%'::text, '!'::text) THEN 'LOCAL TEMPORARY'::text
            WHEN c.relkind = 'r'::"char" THEN 'BASE TABLE'::text
            WHEN c.relkind = 'v'::"char" THEN 'VIEW'::text
            ELSE NULL::text
        END::information_schema.character_data AS table_type,
NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifierAS self_referencing_column_name,
NULL::information_schema.character_data::information_schema.character_dataAS reference_generation,
NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifierAS user_defined_type_catalog,
NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifierAS user_defined_type_schema,
NULL::information_schema.sql_identifier::information_schema.sql_identifierAS user_defined_name 
   FROM pg_namespace nc, pg_class c, pg_user u
  WHERE c.relnamespace = nc.oid AND u.usesysid = c.relowner AND (c.relkind = 'r'::"char" OR c.relkind = 'v'::"char")
AND(u.usename = "current_user"() OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'SELECT'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid,
'INSERT'::text)OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'UPDATE'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'DELETE'::text) OR
has_table_privilege(c.oid,'RULE'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid, 'RERERENCES'::text) OR has_table_privilege(c.oid,
'TRIGGER'::text));


Note the "RERERENCES" in the last line of the view definition.


--
greg

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> ... I'm actually still using 7.4 beta 5.

Naughty naughty.

> db=> select table_name from information_schema.tables;
> ERROR:  unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"

Works for me in REL7_4 CVS tip.  You could dig in the committers
archives or release notes to see when it was fixed.

            regards, tom lane

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> > ... I'm actually still using 7.4 beta 5.
>
> Naughty naughty.

Yeah, actually I didn't realize I was behind. I think I was behind because
Debian wanted to update perl in order to upgrade the perl pg driver and...

> > db=> select table_name from information_schema.tables;
> > ERROR:  unrecognized privilege type: "RERERENCES"
>
> Works for me in REL7_4 CVS tip.  You could dig in the committers
> archives or release notes to see when it was fixed.

Anyways, I just updated and it's gone, but since I had already fixed the view
definition before upgrading that doesn't really prove anything.

7.4.1 does say:

   * Fix information schema view constraint_column_usage for foreign
       keys (Peter)

Which I presume covered this.

--
greg

On 04 Jun 2004 01:31:05 -0400, Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> wrote:
>using 7.4 beta 5. IIRC that was the last beta before the release and there
>were no changes for 7.4.

But there were changes between 7.4 and 7.4.2 ;-)  And I believe that
this fix is one of them.

>db=> \d information_schema.tables
> [...]
>Note the "RERERENCES" in the last line of the view definition.

This is fixed in current sources.

Servus
 Manfred