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From: Keith Wanta <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: role attributes are missing from this page
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:36:03 -0500
Message-ID: <CAH6-sxA2qpOnf1-up1u7z106Xc-snG-Exf35Cg=niHB=N6-GAQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Thanks!  Because I'm getting oid, I might need glasses.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 2:29 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:

> PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> writes:
> > Issue #1:
> > "old" is a keyword, but I cannot query the old column explicitely with
> > surrounding quotes.
> > SELECT "old" FROM pg_roles;
>
> Look closer.  That column is "oid" not "old".
>
> > Issue #2:
> > You do not have ALL role attributes documented on this page.  Please add
> and
> > document the missing role attributes.
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/role-attributes.html
>
> AFAICS this page is merely trying to document the role properties that
> can reasonably be considered to be kinds of privileges.  I don't have
> a problem with it not mentioning role name or password, for example.
> In any case, if you want a full list of what is in the pg_roles view,
> the place to look is under the system views documentation:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-roles.html
>
> role-attributes.html is not intended to be a substitute for that.
>
>                         regards, tom lane
>


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