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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-09-20 15:56:34 -0400 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-09-20 15:56:34 -0400 |
| commit | a47ad3a42dddf028a5bff525c83fce3035922a79 (patch) | |
| tree | 45775140e8bdb80a268460f182df96cd5508d35d | |
| parent | fb4f5e58af971aa8e9620d207be96f8056b571b6 (diff) | |
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Doc: explain how to test ADMIN privilege with pg_has_role().
This has always been possible, but the syntax is a bit obscure,
and our user-facing docs were not very helpful. Spell it out
more clearly.
Per complaint from Dominique Devienne. Back-patch to
all supported branches.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFCRh-8JNEy+dV4SXFOrWca50u+d=--TO4cq=+ac1oBtfJy4AA@mail.gmail.com
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index fb53c890bcc..b24782058f4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -25220,6 +25220,10 @@ SELECT has_function_privilege('joeuser', 'myfunc(int, text)', 'execute'); are immediately available without doing <command>SET ROLE</command>, while <literal>SET</literal> denotes whether it is possible to change to the role using the <literal>SET ROLE</literal> command. + <literal>WITH ADMIN OPTION</literal> or <literal>WITH GRANT + OPTION</literal> can be added to any of these privilege types to + test whether the <literal>ADMIN</literal> privilege is held (all + six spellings test the same thing). This function does not allow the special case of setting <parameter>user</parameter> to <literal>public</literal>, because the PUBLIC pseudo-role can never be a member of real roles. |