Re: postgres function does not handle PUBLIC - expected?

Excerpts from Kasia Tuszynska's message of mar ago 10 15:08:20 -0400 2010:
> 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?
>
> 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;
>
> ERROR: role "PUBLIC" does not exist

Yeah, this is a bug, see

http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4399EF7A-9419-4F84-B51A-A55C5EFAC12A%40nasby.net

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