Re: how to list privileges on the database object itself via SQL?

[richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Inzamam, 

Thanks, but no.  That would provide information on tables, I was looking for information on the database itself.

fortunately, others have already given me plenty of suggestion (and SQL :) ) to get me well on my way there.

rik.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM Inzamam Shafiq <inzamam.shafiq@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

are you looking for a solution like this?

SELECT grantee, privilege_type 
FROM information_schema.role_table_grants 
WHERE table_name='table_name';

Regards,

Inzamam Shafiq

Sr. DBA

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From: richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 5:18 PM
To: Wetmore, Matthew (CTR) <Matthew.Wetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: how to list privileges on the database object itself via SQL?

 

Mathew, 

Thanks for the advice. I am aware of pgAdmin4, dBeaver, etc.  but I was looking for an SQL solution.

rik.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM Wetmore, Matthew (CTR) <Matthew.Wetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

May I suggest PgAdmin GUI

 

From: richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:50 PM
To: Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: how to list privileges on the database object itself via SQL?

 

Tom, 

Thanks for that.  It still seems rather weird that there isn't a more straightforward way to get access to that information.

 

Also the SQL generated by psql -E doesn't seem to work on earlier versions of PostgreSQL:

SELECT d.datname as "Name",
       pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(d.datdba) as "Owner",
       pg_catalog.pg_encoding_to_char(d.encoding) as "Encoding",
       d.datcollate as "Collate",
       d.datctype as "Ctype",

-- start this section works in pg15, but not in pg11
       d.daticulocale as "ICU Locale",
       CASE d.datlocprovider WHEN 'c' THEN 'libc' WHEN 'i' THEN 'icu' END AS "Locale Provider",

-- end this section works in pg15, but not in pg11
       pg_catalog.array_to_string(d.datacl, E'\n') AS "Access privileges"
FROM pg_catalog.pg_database d
ORDER BY 1;

 

Even then, the results are a potentially very long concatenated string, or originally an array, in the "Access privileges" column.

 

Are you sure there isn't a more straightforward way to access this information?  Are you saying that the only place this information is stored is in an array in the datacl column of the pg_catalog.pg_database table?

If that's the case then I am going to be forced to either write code to parse out that array, or write a looping union of multiple "has_database_privilege()" calls.

 

Either case seems like overkill to get such basic information out of PostgreSQL....

 

rik.

 

 

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 1:22 PM Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Thanks, but no.  I am looking for the SQL statement.
> I very rarely venture into psql, unless it's to run an SQL code block from
> the terminal.
> Is there an SQL way to do this?

psql is still a useful reference.  Run it with the -E option and
look at the SQL it issues when you say "\l".  Trim to fit your
requirements.

                        regards, tom lane