From abecf1afc206e1f46d9202c7ba2122f06a799f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:55:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation:
>>>I think a more accurate description would be "permissions not
>>>inherited by children," and that isn't necessarily a bug.
>>
>>I agree it may not be a bug - but it's more than the permissions not
>>being inherited: the parent is affected.
>
>
> Not really, once you understand what's happening. Unless you use
> FROM ONLY, selecting from the parent selects from the parent *and*
> its children. The parent itself isn't affected, as queries with
> FROM ONLY should demonstrate. I understand what you're saying --
> that there's an apparent effect on the parent -- but there really
> isn't.
Sean Burlington
---
doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index abe3b582016..f3a0129778e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml,v 1.43 2005/08/12 01:35:53 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml,v 1.44 2005/08/13 01:55:41 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="ddl">
<title>Data Definition</title>
@@ -1122,6 +1122,17 @@ SELECT name, altitude
support this <quote>ONLY</quote> notation.
</para>
+
+<note>
+ <title>Inheritance and Permissions</title>
+ <para>
+ Because permissions are not inherited automatically a user attempting to access
+ a parent table must either have at least the same permission for the child table
+ or must use the <quote>ONLY</quote> notation. If creating a new inheritance
+ relationship in an existing system be careful that this does not create problems.
+ </para>
+</note>
+
<note>
<title>Deprecated</title>
<para>
--
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