On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
>>> Simple question: Is there any reason for event trigger to not support
>>> CREATE/ALTER ROLE/USER?
>>
>> Because it performs a global administrative task, no?
>
> So is there any technical difficulty?
I don't recall the exact details but...
> Can you please elaborate?
Roles are global objects, and event triggers cannot operate on such
ones. See for example 296f3a60 mentioning for example why REVOKE/GRANT
can only operate on local objects.
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Michael