On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:20:53 -0600 Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >I confirm: > >SHOW GRANTS FOR CURRENT_USER(); > >does not work, > >while that query is exaclty what you expect to do reading mysql manual. > > I agree, one might easily come to that conclusion based on the wording. > > The manual was imprecise/wrong. I've changed it to point out that > you must first select the value of CURRENT_USER(), then use the value > it returns in the SHOW GRANTS statement. good idea, thank you. > > > > > > >On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:47:11 +0200 > >Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Plinio Conti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > > > The manual page at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SHOW_GRANTS.html > >> > says: > >> > > >> > "To list grants for the current session one may use > >>CURRENT_USER() function" > >> > > >> > But if I run > >> > "SELECT SHOW GRANTS FOR CURRENT_USER(); > >> > > >> > I get syntax error (Error 1064). > >> > > >> > While if I run directly > >> > "SELECT SHOW GRANTS FOR [EMAIL PROTECTED];" > >> > > >> > It works. Did you guess why? > >> > >> Look at the example of usage SHOW GRANTS in the manual: > >> > >> mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > >> > >> There is no SELECT word in the query. > >> > >> > > >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:37:43 +0200 > >> > Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Plinio Conti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Is there a way to query the privileges of current user if he > >>hasn't the rights to read the mysql system tables (user, db, hosts, > >>etc..) > >> >> > > >> >> > I mean, I CAN'T give a standard user the chance of read > >>"system tables"! > >> >> > But my client app wants to know if the current user has (for > >>example) the rights to write on table xxx, because if not, I don't > >>want to let him try and fail, I want to disable the updates in > >>advance. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Take a look at SHOW GRANTS command: > > > >> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SHOW_GRANTS.html > > > -- > Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com > > Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
