Re: [HACKERS] Inconsistent syntax in GRANT

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Just got tripped up by this:
>
> GRANT SELECT ON table1 TO someuser;
> GRANT SELECT ON table1_id_seq TO someuser;
> .... both work
>
> However,
> GRANT SELECT ON TABLE table1 TO someuser;
> ... works, while ....
> GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCE table1_id_seq TO someuser;
> ... raises an error.
>
> This is inconsistent. Do people agree with me that the parser should
> accept "SEQUENCE" there, since the optional object name works for all
> other objects? Is there some technical reason this is difficult to do?

The following patch allows VIEW and SEQUENCE for GRANT. I didn't add
checks for relkind, figuring it wasn't worth it, right?

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