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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2009-09-12 16:26:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2009-09-12 16:26:06 +0000 |
| commit | 5f1b32ddf826550d65dd6e84b965b6a98589ad19 (patch) | |
| tree | df1b4f656a08c0a7fe9b2b7d7ffa0913211fca9c | |
| parent | 325aeb4a654435cd055c390ea9e28e1e563c7507 (diff) | |
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Improve GRANT reference page's description of object ownership
privileges by mentioning the possibility of granting membership in
the owning role.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml index ceda72c141d..fe927e0ffe2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.74 2009/01/22 20:15:59 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.75 2009/09/12 16:26:06 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -121,9 +121,14 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable (usually the user that created it), as the owner has all privileges by default. (The owner could, however, choose to revoke some of his own privileges for safety.) - The right to drop an object, or to alter its definition in any way is - not described by a grantable privilege; it is inherent in the owner, - and cannot be granted or revoked. The owner implicitly has all grant + </para> + + <para> + The right to drop an object, or to alter its definition in any way, is + not treated as a grantable privilege; it is inherent in the owner, + and cannot be granted or revoked. (However, a similar effect can be + obtained by granting or revoking membership in the role that owns + the object; see below.) The owner implicitly has all grant options for the object, too. </para> |