Re: postgres function does not handle PUBLIC - expected?

2010/8/10 Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska(at)esri(dot)com>

> Hello Postgres Gurus,
>
>
>
> Is it expected behavior for the has_table_privilege postgres function to
> not handle the user PUBLIC? Or should I submit a bug?
>
>
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> The has_table_privilege function does not handle PUBLIC – the following
> queries returns the error:
>
> SELECT has_table_privilege ('PUBLIC','bob.gdb.test1','SELECT') AS SELECT,
>
> has_table_privilege ('PUBLIC','bob.gdb.test1','INSERT') AS INSERT,
>
> has_table_privilege ('PUBLIC','bob.gdb.test1','DELETE') AS DELETE,
>
> has_table_privilege ('PUBLIC','bob.gdb.test1','UPDATE') AS UPDATE;
>
>
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> ERROR: role "PUBLIC" does not exist
>
> SQL state: 42704
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>
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> SELECT has_table_privilege ('public','bob.gdb.test1','SELECT') AS SELECT,
>
> has_table_privilege ('public','bob.gdb.test1','INSERT') AS INSERT,
>
> has_table_privilege ('public','bob.gdb.test1','DELETE') AS DELETE,
>
> has_table_privilege ('public','bob.gdb.test1','UPDATE') AS UPDATE;
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> ERROR: role "public" does not exist
>
> SQL state: 42704
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sincerley,
>
> Kasia
>

Do you have any role that is named PUBLIC? I think that you don't have one.
Check e.g. in the table pg_user.

regards
Szymon