Thread: GRANT ALL ON TO GROUP failure

   Can anyone suggest, what is wrong with the following    sql file? SOmehow the semicolon causes error?
   Jari

class=# \i pg-def-group-grant.sql
Granting ALL to ROOT
CHANGE
Granting ALL to USER
psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:48: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "user"
Granting SELECT to READER
psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:69: ERROR:  non-existent group "reader"

01:-- Postgres create table rights
02:-- $Id: pg-def-group-grant.sql,v 1.1 2001/08/23 19:26:16 jaalto Exp $
03:--
04:--
05:-- GRANT allows the creator of an object to give specific permissions to
06:-- all users (PUBLIC) or to a certain user or group. Users other than the
07:-- creator don't have any access permission unless the creator GRANTs
08:-- permissions, after the object is created.
09:
10:\echo  Granting ALL to ROOT
11:
12:GRANT ALL ON
13: bonus
14: , custid
15: , customer
16: , dept
17: , dual
18: , dummy
19: , emp
20: , item
21: , ordid
22: , ordx
23: , price
24: , prodid
25: , product
26: , sales
27: , salgrade
28: TO GROUP root;
29:
30:\echo  Granting ALL to USER
31:
32:GRANT ALL ON
33: bonus
34: , custid
35: , customer
36: , dept
37: , dual
38: , dummy
39: , emp
40: , item
41: , ordid
42: , ordx
43: , price
44: , prodid
45: , product
46: , sales
47: , salgrade
48: TO GROUP user;
49:
50:
51:\echo  Granting SELECT to READER
52:
53:GRANT SELECT ON
54: bonus
55: , custid
56: , customer
57: , dept
58: , dual
59: , dummy
60: , emp
61: , item
62: , ordid
63: , ordx
64: , price
65: , prodid
66: , product
67: , sales
68: , salgrade
69: TO GROUP reader;
70:
71:-- End of file

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Jari Aalto wrote: > >    Can anyone suggest, what is wrong with the following  >    sql file? SOmehow the semicolon
causeserror?... >Granting ALL to USER >psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:48: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "user
>"
... >32:GRANT ALL ON >33: bonus >34: , custid >35: , customer >36: , dept >37: , dual >38: , dummy >39: , emp >40: ,
item>41: , ordid >42: , ordx >43: , price >44: , prodid >45: , product >46: , sales >47: , salgrade >48: TO GROUP
user;

user is a reserved word; it should not have been accepted as a group name
unless double-quoted, in which case you need to double-quote it every time
you mention it.

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Jari Aalto writes:

> class=# \i pg-def-group-grant.sql
> Granting ALL to ROOT
> CHANGE
> Granting ALL to USER
> psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:48: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "user"

You need to double quote "user".  It's a reserved word.

> Granting SELECT to READER
> psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:69: ERROR:  non-existent group "reader"

Did you create a group named "reader"?

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