Re: document effect of USAGE on foreign server to dblink

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:43 AM Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:33:03AM -0500, Jeff Janes wrote:
> > I think that the permissions around the usage of foreign server names as
> > connection names in dblink should be documented, as in the attached.
>
> Uh, this looks like an odd place to document it, since this part is
> talking about permissions.
>

Yes, giving this permission gives you usage of it in a place that is
non-obvious, and that the doc  doesn't mention.  Isn't the place about
permission the correct place to document these non-obvious permissions?

Cheers,

Jeff

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iv><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div></div></d=
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