Re: pgsql-server: Have \dn+ show permissions and description

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > Log Message:
> > > > -----------
> > > > Have \dn+ show permissions and description for schemas.
> > >
> > > Did we agree on this? It's now inconsistent with tables and other
> > > objects.
> >
> > No one disagreed that I remember. How are we inconsistent exactly?
>
> Dennis asked for opinions about how to name the command. There were
> other opinions offered. The patch was just an example, without a
> decision on the name of the command.
>
> The inconsistency is that there is a separate "show permissions" command
> for tables, but for schemas it's now under "extra information". Now we
> can't be sure where the permission information for the next object will
> end up. That's not good.

With \dp having a schema column, how would we display permissions there?

Access privileges for database "test"
Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges
--------+------+-------+-------------------
public | test | table |
(1 row)

I don't think it makes sense to add schema to \dp if it would not
normally appear in the \dp display.

I figured schema permissions were different enough from table that is
belonged under schema, no? Also, to me view/table/sequence are data
storage objects, while schemas seem different.

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