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PostgreSQL and run a script to create users

Asked by: missymadi

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        I have a script that creates users and assigns them to tablespaces etc.  My code below:

I cannot get this script to run in PostgreSQL. It stops on line
DEFAULT TABLESPACE PMD_TABLESPACE with a syntax error but I cannot find the correct syntax.

THanks, Missymadi

CREATE USER tester WITH PASSWORD tester
  DEFAULT   TABLESPACE PMD_TABLESPACE
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP
  QUOTA UNLIMITED ON PMD_TABLESPACE;
 
GRANT CONNECT             TO tester;
GRANT DELETE ANY TABLE    TO tester;
GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE    TO tester;
GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE     TO tester;
GRANT CREATE TRIGGER      TO tester;
GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE    TO tester;
GRANT SELECT ANY SEQUENCE TO tester;
  
-- ^^^^^^^^ PMD application user (tester2) ^^^^^^^^^
CREATE USER tester2 WITH PASSWORD tester
  DEFAULT   TABLESPACE PMD_TABLESPACE
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP;
 
GRANT CONNECT             TO tester2;
GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE    TO tester2;
GRANT SELECT ANY SEQUENCE TO tester2;
 
-- ^^^^^^^^ PMD application user (tester3) ^^^^^^^^^^
CREATE USER tester3 WITH PASSWORD tester
  DEFAULT   TABLESPACE PMD_TABLESPACE
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP;
 
GRANT CONNECT             TO tester3;
GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE    TO tester3;
GRANT SELECT ANY SEQUENCE TO tester3;
 
-- ^^^^^^^^ SA schema owner and user (tester4) ^^^^^^^^
CREATE USER tester4 WITH PASSWORD tester
  DEFAULT   TABLESPACE tester4
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP
  QUOTA UNLIMITED ON tester4;
 
GRANT CREATE SESSION      TO tester4;
GRANT CONNECT             TO tester4;
GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE    TO tester4;
GRANT CREATE ANY SEQUENCE TO tester4;
GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE    TO tester4;
GRANT SELECT ANY SEQUENCE TO tester4;
 
-- ^^^^^^^ TM schema owner and user (repuser) ^^^^^^^
CREATE USER repuser WITH PASSWORD tester
  DEFAULT   TABLESPACE USERS
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP
  QUOTA UNLIMITED ON USERS;
 
GRANT CONNECT             TO repuser;
GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE    TO repuser;
GRANT DELETE ANY TABLE    TO repuser;
GRANT CREATE ANY SEQUENCE TO repuser;
GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE    TO repuser;
GRANT SELECT ANY SEQUENCE TO repuser;
 
 
-- =====================================================================================================
--                     Create triggers (Note: these are not table specific)
-- =====================================================================================================
 
-- ^^^^^^^^ Create trigger to change tester2's default schema to point to tester's schema ^^^^^^^^
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER tester2.after_logon_trg
AFTER LOGON ON tester2.SCHEMA
BEGIN
  DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.set_module(USER, 'Initialized');
  EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET current_schema=tester';
END;
/
 
 
-- ^^^^^^^^ Create trigger to change tester3's default schema to point to tester's schema ^^^^^^^^
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER tester3.after_logon_trg
AFTER LOGON ON tester3.SCHEMA
BEGIN
  DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.set_module(USER, 'Initialized');
  EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET current_schema=tester';
END;
/

                                  
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Answers

 

by: cminearPosted on 2009-10-14 at 07:37:26ID: 25570982

"DEFAULT TABLESPACE", "TEMPORARY TABLESPACE" and "QUOTA" are all invalid options for the CREATE USER command in PostgreSQL, since at least 8.1.  See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-createuser.html and http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/user-manag.html for more details on adding users (or roles, as they are referred to in PostgreSQL).

If you want to control the user's access to tablespaces, you need to use GRANT.  See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-grant.html.  (The privileges are limited to "CREATE" and "ALL".

PostgreSQL currently does not support quotas.

 

by: missymadiPosted on 2009-10-14 at 08:14:41ID: 25571485

I am trying:
GRANT CREATE PRIVILEGES ON TABLESPACE NEW_TABLESPACE TO thisuser;

But I receive an error near GRANT. What am I doing wrong?

 

by: missymadiPosted on 2009-10-14 at 08:16:51ID: 25571521

I also have a one line of code that reads

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET current_schema=thisuser';
PostgreSQL doesn't like that either but I'm not sure how to (or if I can) change this to postgres syntax.

 

by: cminearPosted on 2009-10-14 at 08:59:31ID: 25572021

For 25571485, it is just:
  GRANT CREATE ON TABLESPACE NEW_TABLESPACE TO thisuser;
In the documentation for GRANT, the possible follow-ons are "CREATE" or "ALL PRIVILEGES" (where the "PRIVILEGES" is actually optional).

For 25571521, EXECUTE is only used for the execution of prepared statements.  See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-execute.html.  If a prepared statement is created (and thus given a name), it would be performed with:
  EXECUTE <name> [(param1, ...)]
The optional parameters would be what is passed into the prepared statement.

For that matter, PostgreSQL does not have 'ALTER SESSION'.  With a little digging, it looks like the PostgreSQL version of that command would be:
  SET SCHEMA 'thisuser'
(This is apparently equivalent to:
   SET search_path TO thisuser
)
Check out http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-set.html for the SET command, and http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/ddl-schemas.html for more information about schemas in PostgreSQL.

 

by: missymadiPosted on 2009-10-14 at 09:26:59ID: 25572321

Thanks got the tablespace working.

The next part:
I now have in my script
GRANT ALL ON DATABASE Test TO thisuser;
And I get an SQL Error: database "test" does not exist
My test database says Test at localhost for a database?

What am I doing wrong?

 

by: cminearPosted on 2009-10-14 at 10:59:49ID: 25573223

Are you sure you created the 'test' database?  Run this command to check what databases exist:
  psql -U <superuser> --list
You should see 3 entries for 'postgres', 'template0' and 'template1'; 'postgres' is the system database, and the templates are just that, templates for new databases.  If you do not see "test", then you haven't created that database yet.

If you want to create the database outside of the script, use the 'createdb' command.

Now, if the database name really is "Test", then you have to place the name in double-quotes:
  GRANT ALL ON DATABASE "Test" TO thisuser;
If this is the problem, you may want to back up and change the database creation to use lowercase letters, just so this doesn't become a pain later.

 

by: missymadiPosted on 2009-10-14 at 11:35:20ID: 25573591

OK. I added the quotes and now I'm good to go on that line.  The next line was to GRANT CONNECT TO thisuser;    and this did not throw an error. The next line was a problem. I tried to look in the postgres manual but I can't get the syntax down. here it is:

GRANT DELETE ON ALL TABLES TO thisuser;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "tables'

 

by: missymadiPosted on 2009-10-14 at 11:43:15ID: 25573671

What does GRANT ALL ON DATABASE "TEST" TO thisuser;    include? Does this mean they have Select, Update, Delete rights for the tables?

 

by: cminearPosted on 2009-10-14 at 13:45:11ID: 25575007

I'll answer 25573671 first.  The "GRANT ALL ON DATABASE" only allows the CREATE, CONNECT, and TEMP(ORARY) privileges on the database.  With CREATE specifically, this only allows creation of new schemas within the database.  You then have to perform a "GRANT {CREATE | ALL} ON SCHEMA ..." to allow creation of database objects within a given schema.  (On the GRANT page, each privilege section describes its effect for the ON item.)  The "public" schema is automatically created in a new database.  Table permissions within a database would still have to be granted separately.  The exception (or rule) is that the owner of the database immediately has rights for creating objects within that database.  And the owners of database objects have rights on operating on those objects (unless revoked).

With 25573591, PostgreSQL's SQL does not have the inherent ability to change the permission of all tables; they have to be done one at a time.  Normally, this isn't too much of an imposition; you have to enter the "CREATE TABLE ..." one at a time, so adding a few lines for each additional user that needs access probably isn't too bad.  Still, with a little looking I found this web page which describes how to "automate" granting privileges to all tables to a user.
http://www.archonet.com/pgdocs/grant-all.html

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