On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 17:42, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Clemens Schwaighofer > <clemens.schwaighofer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> But yesterday I run in some issues with table ownership and thought if I >> just give the user all rights for the DB, he should have all rights to >> the tables too. > > Try granting select on a database and you will get this: > > grant select on database smarlowe to stan; > ERROR: invalid privilege type SELECT for database > > OTOH, > > grant connect on database smarlowe to stan; > GRANT > > But even easier is to use the db owner as the ROLE instead of as a > user, and just > > alter group guywhoownsthedb add user guywhodoesnt; Thats a very good idea. Probably easier to handle, if you need to add just another user or so. -- [ Clemens Schwaighofer -----=====:::::~ ] [ IT Engineer/Manager ] [ E-Graphics Communications, TEQUILA\ Japan IT Group ] [ 6-17-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8167, JAPAN ] [ Tel: +81-(0)3-3545-7703 Fax: +81-(0)3-3545-7343 ] [ http://www.tequila.jp ] Advertising Age Global Agency of the Year 2008 Adweek Global Agency of the Year 2008 This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of TBWA Worldwide, its agencies or a client of such agencies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the worldwide legal rights of TBWA Worldwide, its agencies and its clients. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media.If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail to disclaimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx We appreciate your cooperation. We make no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of this e-mail and accept no liability for its content or use. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TBWA Worldwide or any of its agencies or affiliates. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
