Re: BUG #6021: There is no difference between default and empty access privileges with \dp

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> One possibility is to start showing "default" when the ACL is null,
>> which would be quite easy to implement:
>>
>>        COALESCE(array_to_string(c.relacl, E'\n'), 'default')
>>
>> But that might be too big a change.

> I don't think that's too big a change.  ISTM we ought to change
> something.  Another idea would be to always show the permissions, even
> if nothing has been changed from the defaults.

That would require psql to have local knowledge about what the defaults
are, which is someplace I'd rather not go ...

            regards, tom lane