Commit 5f1b32dd authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Improve GRANT reference page's description of object ownership

privileges by mentioning the possibility of granting membership in
the owning role.
parent 325aeb4a
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......@@ -121,9 +121,14 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable
(usually the user that created it),
as the owner has all privileges by default. (The owner could,
however, choose to revoke some of his own privileges for safety.)
The right to drop an object, or to alter its definition in any way is
not described by a grantable privilege; it is inherent in the owner,
and cannot be granted or revoked. The owner implicitly has all grant
</para>
<para>
The right to drop an object, or to alter its definition in any way, is
not treated as a grantable privilege; it is inherent in the owner,
and cannot be granted or revoked. (However, a similar effect can be
obtained by granting or revoking membership in the role that owns
the object; see below.) The owner implicitly has all grant
options for the object, too.
</para>
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