CONNECTION_PRIVILEGES

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INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONNECTION_PRIVILEGES lists principals that have privileges on a connection.

Definition

The CONNECTION_PRIVILEGES relation contains the following columns:

Name

Data type

Nullable

Standard

Description

GRANTOR

STRING

No

Yes

Principal that granted the privilege.

GRANTEE

STRING

No

Yes

Principal to which the privilege is granted.

CONNECTION_NAME

STRING

No

Yes

Catalog on which the privilege is granted.

PRIVILEGE_TYPE

STRING

No

Yes

Privilege being granted.

IS_GRANTABLE

STRING

No

Yes

Always NO. Reserved for future use.

INHERITED_FROM

STRING

No

No

The ancestor relation that the privilege is inherited from.

Constraints

The following constraints apply to the CONNECTION_PRIVILEGES relation:

Class

Name

Column List

Description

Primary key

CATPRIVS_PK

GRANTOR, GRANTEE, CONNECTION_NAME, PRIVILEGE_TYPE

Unique identifier for the granted privilege.

Foreign key

CATPRIVS_CATS_FK

CONNECTION_NAME

References CONNECTIONS

Examples 

> SELECT connection_name, grantee
    FROM information_schema.connection_privileges;