Revoke missing user

Started by Robert Fitzpatrickalmost 23 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Robert Fitzpatrick
robert@webtent.com

I removed a user from PostgreSQL that had privileges on some tables, now
the access privileges shows just the former user number. When I try:

revoke all on allergies from 104;

I get:

ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "104" at character 30

I even try creating a user named 104, same result. How can I revoke
those privileges?

--
Robert

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Robert Fitzpatrick (#1)
Re: Revoke missing user

"Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@webtent.com> writes:

I removed a user from PostgreSQL that had privileges on some tables, now
the access privileges shows just the former user number. When I try:
revoke all on allergies from 104;
I get:
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "104" at character 30
I even try creating a user named 104, same result. How can I revoke
those privileges?

Create a user with the old user number:

create user revenant with sysid 104;

and now you can do the revokes using that username.

regards, tom lane