From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
Message-Id: <200404151507.RAA03297@rodos>
Subject: Re: Grant permission to all objects of user A to user B
To: sgnerd@yahoo.com.sg (kumar)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:07:49 METDST
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
In-Reply-To: <017d01c422b7$0220cc80$7502a8c0@hdsc.com>;
	from "kumar" at Apr 15, 104 9:34 am

> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Postgres 7.3.2.
> 
> I have an database with owner USRA who owns about 300 objects (tables and f=
> unctions). Now I want to give 'ALL' permission to all the objects of USRA t=
> o another database user USRB.
> 
> If I use the grant i need to type all the objects as comma separated, like =
> the following
> booktown=3D# GRANT ALL ON customers, books, editions, publishers
> booktown-#           TO manager;
> CHANGE
> Is there any other way do it.ThanksKumar
> 
> 
If you're using schemas you can grant the whole schema to the new user. 
If not, the only alternative I know about is extract the table/function 
names via \dt / \df commands within psql and use a script to grant the 
privileges. 

Regards, Christoph