| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Adam Brightwell <adam(dot)brightwell(at)crunchydatasolutions(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: CATUPDATE confusion? |
| Date: | 2015-03-16 15:52:55 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoanWZqp0gNhZTmPRT5ceJdscG+-0a7nRZLjiCookJGjwQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> * Stephen Frost (sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net) wrote:
>> I should have been more specific. I don't believe they've moved to
>> using pg_roles completely (which was created specifically to address the
>> issue that regular users can't select from pg_authid).
>
> Err, forgot to finish that thought, sorry. Let's try again:
>
> I should have been more specific. I don't believe they've moved to
> using pg_roles completely (which was created specifically to address the
> issue that regular users can't select from pg_authid) simply because
> they haven't had reason to.
That's another way of saying "removing pg_user would be creating extra
work for tool authors that otherwise wouldn't need to be done".
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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