On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 05:48:56PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Additionally we need to think what should happen if the user is the
> > grantor of some privilege. I think we should warn in RESTRICT mode, and
> > in CASCADE, revoke the privilege from the grantee.
>
> You mean "fail in RESTRICT mode", no?
Yes, with a message indicating what happened.
> > Hmm. We could implement something like "DROP USER LOCALLY [CASCADE |
> > RESTRICT]", which would be a very misleading name for operations 2-4
> > above. Additionally, if the user doesn't have references in other
> > databases, drop the user itself. (Note it's inconsistent.)
>
> I'd go for something more like "DROP OWNED OBJECTS", which'd be just
> the stuff internal to the current database (owned objects and ACL
> entries). You don't need to drop group memberships per-database.
Ok.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]surnet.cl>)
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Show the program how to find and fix a bug, and the program
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