Re: Column-Level Privileges

BTW, something else I'd meant to bring up for discussion is whether
anyone likes the formatting of column privileges in \dp:

regression=# create table foo(bar int, baz int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# grant select on foo to joe;
GRANT
regression=# grant insert(bar), update(baz) on foo to joe;
GRANT
regression=# \dp foo
Access privileges
Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges | Column access privileges
--------+------+-------+---------------------------+--------------------------
public | foo | table | postgres=arwdDxt/postgres | bar:
: joe=r/postgres : joe=a/postgres
: baz:
: joe=w/postgres
(1 row)

(The colons after the column names are something I added on my own
authority to Stephen's original.)

This seems a bit ASCII-art-ish to me; it certainly wouldn't be readily
parsable by programs. Now that's not really the design goal for \d
output, and I don't have a better suggestion offhand, but still...
anyone got a better idea?

regards, tom lane