Kevin Walker wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 1964
> Logged by: Kevin Walker
> Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1 beta 3
> Operating system: Windows XP
> Description: Role membership error
> Details:
>
> I created a group role called dbadmin and assigned it the privileges that I
> wanted. I then created a new login role and attempted to add this new login
> as a member in the group role. The following error is generated in pgAdmin
> III and when the same steps are performed manually.
>
> ERROR: role "dbadmin" is a member of role "kw"
>
> The message suggests that the login role "kw" is already a member of group
> role "dbadmin" which is not the case. Using the alter group command also
> produces the same error.
>
> This problem is occurring on the build for Windows. I have not tested this
> process on a Linux build yet.
What were you trying, exactly? It worked for me:
test=> CREATE ROLE dbadmin;
CREATE ROLE
test=> CREATE ROLE kw;
CREATE ROLE
test=> GRANT dbadmin TO kw;
GRANT ROLE
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