Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Users/Groups -> Roles
Date: 2005-07-01 20:17:49
Message-ID: 21025.1120249069@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> writes:
> Was following this conversation up till now, because these two statement seem
> to contradict each other. Do we really support groups still, are is CREATE
> GROUP now syntactical sugar for some for of CREATE ROLE.

CREATE GROUP and CREATE USER are both now syntactic sugar for CREATE
ROLE.

regards, tom lane

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