Displaying the Granted Permissions

Function

This statement is used to show the permissions granted to a user or role in the resource.

Syntax

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SHOW GRANT ((ROLE [db_name].role_name) | (USER user_name)) ON resource;

Keyword

ROLE: The subsequent role_name must be a role.

USER: The subsequent user_name must be a user.

Precautions

The resource can be a queue, database, table, view, or column. The formats are as follows:

• Queue format: queues.queue_name
• Database format: databases.db_name
• Table format: databases.db_name.tables.table_name
• Column format: databases.db_name.tables.table_name.columns.column_name
• View format: databases.db_name.tables.view_name

Example

Run the following statement to show permissions of user_name1 in the db1 database:

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SHOW GRANT USER user_name1 ON databases.db1;

Run the following statement to show permissions of role_name on table tb1 in the db1 database:

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SHOW GRANT ROLE role_name ON databases.db1.tables.tb1;