Re: feature request - show role members

On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 09:22 +0100, Bartosz Dmytrak wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to see who is member of selected role, somewhere in group role
> form. Hope this will help to administrate multiuser environments.
> 
> This feature is covered by query:
> SELECT p.rolname, m.rolname as member, g.rolname as grantor
> FROM pg_authid p
>  INNER JOIN pg_auth_members am ON (p.oid = am.roleid)
> INNER JOIN pg_authid m ON (am.member = m.oid)
>  INNER JOIN pg_authid g ON (am.grantor = g.oid)
> WHERE p.rolname = 'MyRole'
> 
> This query shows of course only direct members, feature could be extended
> to indirect members too (and mark them as indirect).
> Right now I use workaround with macro.
> 

IOW, you want the opposite of the "Role membership" tab. Not sure if it
really makes sense in pgAdmin.


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