Re: [BUGS] pg_dump/all doesn't output schemas correctly (v7.3.4)

I can confirm that this bug still exists in current CVS. The problem is
that "CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION test" is translated into "SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION 'test'; CREATE SCHEMA test;".

While this does allow the schema to be owned by 'test', it assumes
'test' has permissions to create the schema, which might not be true.

My guess is that the AUTHORIZATION option creates the schema as owned by
that user --- manual says:

AUTHORIZATION clause is used, all the created objects will
be owned by that user.

but then we forget and just create the schema as that user. I looked at
the pg_dump code but can't quite see where the problem lies.

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Ben Grimm wrote:
> I haven't tried the 7.4 beta, so it may be fixed there - but in
> 7.3.4, pg_dumpall doesn't generate the commands to create schemas
> in the right order. This bug may have been reported before, but
> I saw no response to it in the lists.
>
> Try this in a fresh database after an initdb:
>
> template1=# create user test nocreatedb nocreateuser;
> CREATE USER
> template1=# create database testdb;
> CREATE DATABASE
> template1=# \c testdb
> You are now connected to database testdb.
> testdb=# create schema authorization test;
> CREATE SCHEMA
> testdb=# set session authorization test;
> SET
> testdb=# set search_path="test";
> SET
> testdb=# create table abc ();
> CREATE TABLE
> template1=# \q
> testdb=# \q
>
> $ pg_dumpall -U postgres
> --
> -- PostgreSQL database cluster dump
> --
>
> \connect "template1"
>
> --
> -- Users
> --
>
> DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'template0');
>
> CREATE USER test WITH SYSID 100 NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER;
>
>
> --
> -- Groups
> --
>
> DELETE FROM pg_group;
>
>
>
> --
> -- Database creation
> --
>
> CREATE DATABASE testdb WITH OWNER = postgres TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'SQL_ASCII';
>
>
> \connect template1
> --
> -- PostgreSQL database dump
> --
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 2 (OID 1)
> -- Name: DATABASE template1; Type: COMMENT; Schema: -; Owner:
> --
>
> COMMENT ON DATABASE template1 IS 'Default template database';
>
>
> \connect testdb
> --
> -- PostgreSQL database dump
> --
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'test';
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 2 (OID 16977)
> -- Name: test; Type: SCHEMA; Schema: -; Owner: test
> --
>
> *************************************************************************
> This will fail because user 'test' has not been granted
> create on the database (which pg_dump also fails to output,
> but that's a separate bug) It should create the schema as
> the superuser, then switch to the use to create tables within
> that schema.
> *************************************************************************
>
> CREATE SCHEMA test;
>
>
> SET search_path = test, pg_catalog;
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 3 (OID 16978)
> -- Name: abc; Type: TABLE; Schema: test; Owner: test
> --
>
> CREATE TABLE abc (
> );
>
>
> --
> -- Data for TOC entry 4 (OID 16978)
> -- Name: abc; Type: TABLE DATA; Schema: test; Owner: test
> --
>
> COPY abc FROM stdin;
> \.
>
>
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