Bah. Must be pgAdmin, then. In its role creation dialogue, INHERIT is definitely off by default. Guess that's not you guys, though. Sorry to have impugned your judgement... =) -cb. "Chandra Barnett" <chandra.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > That did it! Thanks, all. > (Out of curiosity, what's the reason for not making this the default? Uh ... it *is* the default. regards, tom lane No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.4/1530 - Release Date: 7/2/2008 8:05 AM