On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:10:32AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:14:55AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> > > Well, I thought we copied everything except things tha can be specified
> > > as different in CREATE DATABASE, though I can see why we would not copy
> > > them. Should we document this or issue a notice about not copying
> > > non-default database attributes?
> >
> > We do not need a notice for behavior that (a) has stood for twenty years
> > or so, and (b) is considerably less broken than any alternative would be.
> > If you feel the docs need improvement, have at that.
>
> Well, I realize it has been this way for a long time, and that no one
> else has complained, but there should be a way for people to know what
> is being copied from the template and what is not. Do we have a clear
> description of what is copied and skipped?
We already mentioned that ALTER DATABASE settings are not copied, so the
attached patch adds a mention that GRANT-level permissions are not
copied either.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index 504c1b0224..d116b321bc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
<para>
Database-level configuration parameters (set via <xref
- linkend="sql-alterdatabase"/>) are not copied from the template
- database.
+ linkend="sql-alterdatabase"/>) and database-level permissions (set via
+ <xref linkend="sql-grant"/>) are not copied from the template database.
</para>
<para>
