Thread: Clarification on REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION – Are there any privileges apart from EXECUTE?

On 5/18/25 12:17, Ayush Vatsa wrote:
> Hi Postgres Community,
> I had a quick question regarding function-level privileges in PostgreSQL.
> We know that |REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION ...| removes the ability to 
> call the function. But when we do:
> REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION my_func(args) FROM some_role;
> 
> does this revoke anything other than |EXECUTE|? Are there any other 
> privileges that apply to functions which get revoked via |REVOKE ALL|?
>  > I looked through the documentation but couldn’t find a definitive answer
> on whether |ALL| includes more than just |EXECUTE| in the context of 
> functions.

See here:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-priv.html

Table 5.1. ACL Privilege Abbreviations

This is the best way to see what privileges apply to what objects.

> 
> Would appreciate any insights or pointers.
> 
> ---------------
> Regards,
> Ayush
> 

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