has_type_privilege()

A system function determining whether a user has a privilege for a data type

has_type_privilege() is a system function determining whether a user has a privilege for a particular data type.

has_type_privilege() was added in PostgreSQL 9.2.

Usage

has_type_privilege() has two forms:

The only privilege which can be queried with has_type_privilege() is: USAGE.

Type and privilege specifications are case-insensitive.

Determine if the current user has the USAGE privilege for the TEXT data type:

postgres=# SELECT has_type_privilege('TEXT', 'USAGE');
 has_type_privilege
--------------------
 t
(1 row)

Determine if the specified user has the USAGE privilege for the VARCHAR data type:

postgres=# SELECT has_type_privilege('someuser', 'character varying', 'usage');
 has_type_privilege
--------------------
 t
(1 row)

Attempting to determine an unrecognized privilege for this object type:

postgres=# SELECT has_type_privilege('TEXT', 'UPDATE');
ERROR:  unrecognized privilege type: "UPDATE"

Attempting to determine privileges for a non-existent data type:

postgres=# SELECT has_type_privilege('MEGABLOB', 'UPDATE');
ERROR:  type "megablob" does not exist
Time: 0.389 ms