PostgreSQL: Syntax Error At or Near TO

Question

I am trying to grant permissions for a function to a user

postgres=# grant all privileges on function myfunction to a_user;

But I get:

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "to"
LINE 1: grant all privileges on function myfunction to a_user;

Any reason why?

My function starts like this:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunction(
param_val1 varchar(255),
param_cal2 VARCHAR(255), 
param_val3 VARCHAR(255),
param_val4 current_category,
param_val5 current_type,
param_val6  VARCHAR(255),
param_val7 bigint,
param_val8 text )

Mariano D'Ascanio · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-28 19:37:12Z

7

You need to include the function signature, not just the name. In this case, if myfunction has zero parameters, it would be like this:

grant all privileges on function myfunction() to a_user;

EDIT

Seeing that the function does take parameters, the signature would be this:

myfunction(character varying, character varying, character varying, <rest of parameters>)

edited Jul 28, 2014 at 19:37

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 19:21

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wwjdm Over a year ago

what if it does have parameters? Do you include the name and type?

Mariano D'Ascanio Over a year ago

@Eli only parameter types are required, for instance, myfunction(integer, boolean), but you can also include the name. You can see the complete reference here

wwjdm · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-28 19:20:29Z

1

I tried this and it works:

GRANT ALL ON ALL FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA schemaname TO a_user;

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 19:20

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