Re: [BUGS] grant/revoke bug with delete/update

> I've even received a mail trying to explain me that update and delete are
> the same thing because you can update a record you want to delete but have
> no right to, to change its data... of course this is possible, but
> nevertheless the record isn't deleted, so update and delete really are two
> different things, not to mention you may want to give delete permission
> but not insert nor update.
>
> As I told previously in private to Bruce, I won't be able to make this
> patch for 7.0 until a week or two, so if someone do it before (please do,
> because you better know postgresql code than me, so you'll make less
> mistakes), just tell me because I don't really want to duplicate the
> effort.
>
> bye,
>
> PS: could someone explain me what "tricky" means ?

Tricky means not based on 7.0, and it mucks with the internals, and that
it may require an initdb.

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