X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F729FA226 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:06:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24922-02 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:06:45 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F679F9C18 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:06:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4HE6gW0019520; Wed, 17 May 2006 10:06:43 -0400 (EDT) To: "Dave Page" cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Recursive SELECT problem In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Dave Page" message dated "Wed, 17 May 2006 11:42:10 +0100" Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:06:42 -0400 Message-ID: <19519.1147874802@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/119 X-Sequence-Number: 25150 "Dave Page" writes: > I'm trying to write a query to determine whether or not the current > login role has CREATEDB (or CREATEROLE) privileges, either directly or > inherited from a parent role. Those privileges don't inherit, so I'm not sure why you need a recursive check. regards, tom lane