(resending with correct formatting)
Hi!
In the documentation of the GRANT[1] command, the Synopsis for "GRANT on Roles" command is incomplete. Quoting from the
currentdocs:
GRANT role_name [, ...] TO role_specification [, ...]
[ WITH { ADMIN | INHERIT | SET } { OPTION | TRUE | FALSE } ]
[ GRANTED BY role_specification ]
The "GRANT on Roles" command is documented as if it expects a single option after "WITH", but it actually supports
multipleoptions, separated by comma, e.g.
GRANT created_user TO creating_user WITH ADMIN TRUE, SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE
The example is taken from section "21.2. Role Attributes"[2] of the documentation.
More examples can be found by searching the codebase:
git grep -Pi '\bGRANT\b.+\bTO\b.+,\s*(ADMIN|INHERIT|SET)\s+\w+'
The parser is implemented here:
src/backend/commands/user.c:1480:GrantRole(ParseState *pstate, GrantRoleStmt *stmt)
The documentation is to be corrected for v16, v17, and later versions.
[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-grant.html
[2]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/role-attributes.html
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
index 999f657d5c0..9796e9a49d7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
@@ -100,3 +100,3 @@ GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable
class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable>[, ...]
- [ WITH { ADMIN | INHERIT | SET } { OPTION | TRUE | FALSE } ]
+ [ WITH [ { ADMIN | INHERIT | SET } { OPTION | TRUE | FALSE } ] [, ...] ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
--
Andrei Polushin
