Re: [PATCH] allow has_table_privilege(..., 'usage') on sequences

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@oryx.com> writes:
>> (I can't help but think that the USAGE privilege is a bit unfortunate.
>> If granting SELECT rights allowed currval(), INSERT allowed nextval(),
>> and UPDATE allowed nextval() and setval(), then has_table_privilege()
>> would have been sufficient and there would be no need to invent a new
>> set of functions just to check USAGE.
>
> That train left the station already, and anyway you are failing to
> consider "SELECT * FROM sequence", which definitely needs to have
> different privileges from nextval()/currval().
>

can we tell there is consensus in create a new has_sequence_privilege()?
Abhijit will you make it? if not i can make a try...

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