"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Jan Wieck wrote:
>> Silently doing something other than what the user requested ... I
>> don't think this is the right way to become the most popular open
>> source database in the world.
> But, we are already doing that, no? :) I know I'm one that has been
> bitten by 'DATABASE' != "all tables in the database" :)
But that's what we're trying to fix here --- ie, eliminate surprises.
Perhaps we should follow the precedent of VACUUM: it skips over tables
you don't have permission to process, but emits a WARNING.
regards, tom lane