Re: [PATCH] pg_permissions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joel Jacobson" <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>
Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "Joe Conway" <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_permissions
Date: 2021-03-25 16:51:55
Message-ID: 1320012.1616691115@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joel Jacobson" <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021, at 16:16, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Ah, of course -- the only way to obtain the acl columns is by going
>> through the catalogs individually, so it won't be possible. I think
>> this could be fixed with some very simple, quick function pg_get_acl()
>> that takes a catalog OID and object OID and returns the ACL; then
>> use aclexplode() to obtain all those details.

> +1 for adding pg_get_acl().

I wonder what performance will be like with lots o' objects.

regards, tom lane

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