* Tom Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Due to the fact that group system id's and user system id's can > > overlap, pg_class will need to change in order to accomedate group > > ownership. The things I've thought of so far, in order of preference: > > I thought that the agreed-on direction for this was to merge users and > groups into a single kind of entity, or at least make sure that they > share a common unique identifier space. Then AclId is still sufficient > as an ownership indicator, and you don't need any of these kluges. > IIRC something of this sort is needed for improved compliance with the > SQL spec anyway --- see past discussions about "roles".
Ah, alright, sounds good to me. I'll look into making them share a
common unique identifier space, that shouldn't be too difficult. Of
course, that'll require a dump/restore, I expect.. I don't suppose that
could possibly happen before 8.0, eh? :)
Stephen
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
