user is an SQL reserved word, use 'user' instead.
You might like to have a look at the list of reserved words at
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-keywords-appendix.html
Jari Aalto+usenet wrote:
>
> [Please keep CC]
>
> Can anyone suggest, what is wrong with the following
> sql file? SOmehow the semicolon causes error?
>
> Jari
>
> class=# \i pg-def-group-grant.sql
> Granting ALL to ROOT
> CHANGE
> Granting ALL to USER
> psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:48: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "user"
> Granting SELECT to READER
> psql:pg-def-group-grant.sql:69: ERROR: non-existent group "reader"
>
> 01:-- Postgres create table rights
> 02:-- $Id: pg-def-group-grant.sql,v 1.1 2001/08/23 19:26:16 jaalto Exp $
> 03:--
> 04:--
> 05:-- GRANT allows the creator of an object to give specific permissions to
> 06:-- all users (PUBLIC) or to a certain user or group. Users other than the
> 07:-- creator don't have any access permission unless the creator GRANTs
> 08:-- permissions, after the object is created.
> 09:
> 10:\echo Granting ALL to ROOT
> 11:
> 12:GRANT ALL ON
> 13: bonus
> 14: , custid
> 15: , customer
> 16: , dept
> 17: , dual
> 18: , dummy
> 19: , emp
> 20: , item
> 21: , ordid
> 22: , ordx
> 23: , price
> 24: , prodid
> 25: , product
> 26: , sales
> 27: , salgrade
> 28: TO GROUP root;
> 29:
> 30:\echo Granting ALL to USER
> 31:
> 32:GRANT ALL ON
> 33: bonus
> 34: , custid
> 35: , customer
> 36: , dept
> 37: , dual
> 38: , dummy
> 39: , emp
> 40: , item
> 41: , ordid
> 42: , ordx
> 43: , price
> 44: , prodid
> 45: , product
> 46: , sales
> 47: , salgrade
> 48: TO GROUP user;
> 49:
> 50:
> 51:\echo Granting SELECT to READER
> 52:
> 53:GRANT SELECT ON
> 54: bonus
> 55: , custid
> 56: , customer
> 57: , dept
> 58: , dual
> 59: , dummy
> 60: , emp
> 61: , item
> 62: , ordid
> 63: , ordx
> 64: , price
> 65: , prodid
> 66: , product
> 67: , sales
> 68: , salgrade
> 69: TO GROUP reader;
> 70:
> 71:-- End of file
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