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\ddp

Lists default access privilege settings. An entry is shown for each role (and schema, if applicable) for which the default privilege settings have been changed from the built-in defaults. If pattern is specified, only entries whose role name or sche…

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Description

Lists default access privilege settings. An entry is shown for each role (and schema, if applicable) for which the default privilege settings have been changed from the built-in defaults. If pattern is specified, only entries whose role name or schema name matches the pattern are listed. If x is appended to the command name, the results are displayed in expanded mode.

Client
psql 18.6
Case-sensitive spelling
\ddp

Usage

\ddp[x] [ pattern ]

Spellings in this manual definition

CommandDocumented suffix modifiers
\ddpx

Manual definition

\ddp[x] [ pattern ]

Lists default access privilege settings. An entry is shown for each role (and schema, if applicable) for which the default privilege settings have been changed from the built-in defaults. If pattern is specified, only entries whose role name or schema name matches the pattern are listed. If x is appended to the command name, the results are displayed in expanded mode.

The ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command is used to set default access privileges. The meaning of the privilege display is explained in Section 5.8.

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Documentation and source

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Version
18.6
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https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
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+  "definition": "Lists default access privilege settings. An entry is shown for each role (and schema, if applicable) for which the default privilege settings have been changed from the built-in defaults. If pattern is specified, only entries whose role name or schema name matches the pattern are listed. The ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command is used to set default access privileges. The meaning of the privilege display is explained in Section 5.7 .",
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