Re: how to list privileges on the database object itself via SQL?

Michael,

Thanks, but that lists privs in tables. There are lots and lots of ways to
get table privs.

What I am looking for is a simple way to get the privs on the database
object itself.

rik.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 1:35 PM MichaelDBA <MichaelDBA(at)sqlexec(dot)com> wrote:

> Here's a teaser:
>
> select c.relnamespace::regnamespace as schema, c.relname as tablename ,
> pg_catalog.array_to_string(c.relacl, E'\n') AS privileges,
> CASE WHEN c.relkind = 'r' THEN 'TABLE' WHEN c.relkind = 'S' THEN
> 'SEQUENCE' WHEN c.relkind = 'v' THEN 'VIEW' WHEN c.relkind = 'm' THEN
> 'MATVIEW' WHEN c.relkind = 'p' THEN 'PARTITIONED TABLE' END as object_type
> FROM pg_class c WHERE c.relnamespace::regnamespace::text not in
> ('pg_catalog','information_schema') AND c.relkind IN ('r','v','m','S','p')
> ORDER BY 1,2;
>
> Regards,
> Michael Vitale
>
> richard coleman wrote on 4/26/2023 1:20 PM:
>
> Tom,
>
> Thanks, but no. I am looking for the SQL statement.
>
> I very rarely venture into psql, unless it's to run an SQL code block from
> the terminal.
> Is there an SQL way to do this?
>
> Thanks again,
> rik.
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:40 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> > This might sound like a silly question, but how would I list the
>> privileges
>> > the various roles have on the database objects themselves?
>>
>> Perhaps you are looking for psql's \l command? It's a bit
>> nonstandardly named (one would expect \d something)
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Vitale
>
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