On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:53, Erik Wasser wrote: > Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > how can I gave a user full access (SELECT, INSERT,...) to a database > that he doesn't own? I used google to find a solution and I find a > Statement[1] that will the do the trick. But it looks very cryptical to > me. B-) What does this statement do? > > > \a
This is a psql directive to urn off output alignment. > > \t Don't show column headers or the row count > > \o /tmp/grant.sql Redirect output to the named file > > SELECT 'GRANT ALL ON ' || n.nspname || '.' || c.relname || > > ' TO joe;' > > FROM pg_catalog.pg_class AS c > > LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace AS n > > ON n.oid = c.relnamespace > > WHERE c.relkind IN ('r','v','S') AND > > n.nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'pg_toast') AND > > pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid) > > ORDER BY n.nspname, c.relname; Read the system catalog for a list of relations and construct a GRANT command for each one to give ALL access to user joe. The output looks like this: GRANT ALL ON prod.address TO joe; GRANT ALL ON prod.address_id_seq TO joe; GRANT ALL ON prod.address_telephone TO joe; GRANT ALL ON prod.area TO joe; ... and is written into the file /tmp/grant.sql as directd earlier. > > \o Stop sending output to the file. > > \i /tmp/grant.sql Run the output file as a script, thus granting the permissions to joe. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html