@ -26,58 +26,71 @@ GRANT { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | DELETE | TRUNCATE | REFERENCES | TRIGGER }
ON { [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [, ...]
| ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> [, ...] }
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | REFERENCES } ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] )
[, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) }
ON [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { { USAGE | SELECT | UPDATE }
[, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON { SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">sequence_name</replaceable> [, ...]
| ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> [, ...] }
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { { CREATE | CONNECT | TEMPORARY | TEMP } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON DATABASE <replaceable>database_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON DOMAIN <replaceable>domain_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER <replaceable>fdw_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON FOREIGN SERVER <replaceable>server_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { EXECUTE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON { { FUNCTION | PROCEDURE | ROUTINE } <replaceable>routine_name</replaceable> [ ( [ [ <replaceable class="parameter">argmode</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">arg_name</replaceable> ] <replaceable class="parameter">arg_type</replaceable> [, ...] ] ) ] [, ...]
| ALL { FUNCTIONS | PROCEDURES | ROUTINES } IN SCHEMA <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> [, ...] }
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON LANGUAGE <replaceable>lang_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { { SELECT | UPDATE } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON LARGE OBJECT <replaceable class="parameter">loid</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { { CREATE | USAGE } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON SCHEMA <replaceable>schema_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { CREATE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON TABLESPACE <replaceable>tablespace_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON TYPE <replaceable>type_name</replaceable> [, ...]
TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...]
[ WITH ADMIN OPTION ]
@ -133,6 +146,12 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replace
to <literal>PUBLIC</literal>.
</para>
<para>
If <literal>GRANTED BY</literal> is specified, the specified grantor must
be the current user. This clause is currently present in this form only
for SQL compatibility.
</para>
<para>
There is no need to grant privileges to the owner of an object
(usually the user that created it),
@ -410,9 +429,9 @@ GRANT admins TO joe;
<para>
The SQL standard allows the <literal>GRANTED BY</literal> option to
be used in all forms of <command>GRANT</command>. PostgreSQL only
supports it when granting role membership, and even then only superusers
may use it in nontrivial way s.
specify only <literal>CURRENT_USER</literal> or
<literal>CURRENT_ROLE</literal>. The other variants are PostgreSQL
extension s.
</para>
<para>