Re: Assistance needed for the query execution in non-public schema

[Sasmit Utkarsh <utkarshsasmit@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Laurenz and David

Regards,
Sasmit Utkarsh
+91-7674022625

On Tue, 16 Apr, 2024, 16:58 Laurenz Albe, <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 2024-04-16 at 16:30 +0530, Sasmit Utkarsh wrote:
> msshctd=> SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('mqa_flfo_cstr', 'id'), coalesce(MAX(id), 1)) from mqa_flfo_cstr;
> ERROR:  permission denied for sequence mqa_flfo_cstr_id_seq
> msshctd=> SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence('mqa_ffp_nval', 'id'), coalesce(MAX(id), 1)) from mqa_ffp_nval;
> ERROR:  permission denied for sequence mqa_ffp_nval_id_seq
>
> msshctd=> \z mqa_flfo_cstr_id_seq
>                                            Access privileges
>  Schema  |         Name         |   Type   |      Access privileges      | Column privileges | Policies
> ---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------+-------------------+----------
>  shc_tty | mqa_flfo_cstr_id_seq | sequence | pgddb_admin=rwU/pgddb_admin+|                   |
>          |                      |          | shc_uadmin=rU/pgddb_admin   |                   |
> (1 row)
>
> msshctd=> \z mqa_ffp_nval_id_seq
>                                            Access privileges
>  Schema  |        Name         |   Type   |      Access privileges      | Column privileges | Policies
> ---------+---------------------+----------+-----------------------------+-------------------+----------
>  shc_tty | mqa_ffp_nval_id_seq | sequence | pgddb_admin=rwU/pgddb_admin+|                   |
>          |                     |          | shc_uadmin=rU/pgddb_admin   |                   |
> (1 row)
>  
> Above query executes fine when I try to execute as user "pgddb_admin"(Super User).
> but when I switch to shc_uadmin, I see a permission error.

That's because the user is lacking the UPDATE privilege ("U" is USAGE).

> GRANT USAGE, ALTER ON SEQUENCE mqa_flfo_cstr_id_seq TO shc_uadmin;
> ERROR: unrecognized privilege type "alter" SQL state: 42601

There is no ALTER privilege.  Try

  GRANT UPDATE ON SEQUENCE mqa_flfo_cstr_id_seq, mqa_ffp_nval_id_seq TO shc_uadmin;

Yours,
Laurenz Albe