On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Thom Brown <thombr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2 March 2010 11:12, Antonio Goméz Soto <antonio.gomez.s...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried this:
> >
> > names=# grant select on database names to spice;
> > ERROR:  invalid privilege type SELECT for database
> >
> > The documentation seems to imply I need to grant SELECT
> > to each table separately. That's a lot of work, and what if
> > new tables are created?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Antonio
> >
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> The privileges you can grant on a database are only related to the
> creation of tables and connecting to that database.
>
> You could create a role which has SELECT-only access, apply that role
> to all your tables, and assign users (other roles) as members of that
> role.
>
> Regards
>
> Thom
>
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How to create that ? I'm also interested in this as I need this for backing
up my databases.

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