Re: Roles - SET ROLE Updated

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Roles - SET ROLE Updated
Date: 2005-07-21 20:42:49
Message-ID: 42E008C9.3030708@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

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>However I'm a bit dubious about whether "has_role" isn't an invasion of
>application namespace. pg_has_role would be better, but we have the
>(mis) precedent of has_table_privilege. What do you think about calling
>it "has_role_privilege"?
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Do we need to follow a bad precedent for the sake of consistency? If
forced to choose, in general I would prefer to sacrifice consistency.

cheers

andrew (old Emersonian)

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