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SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES - Amazon Redshift
Table columnsSample query

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SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES

Use SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES to view the column permissions that are explicitly granted to users, roles, and groups in the current database.

SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES is visible to the following users:

  • Superusers

  • Users with the ACCESS SYSTEM TABLE permission

Other users can only see identities they have access to or own.

For more information about best practices when querying system tables and views, see Querying System Tables.

Note

Use the SHOW COLUMN GRANTS command for permission discovery. SHOW COLUMN GRANTS works consistently across local, datashare, and external catalog contexts and is updated as new features are released. For more information, see Best practices for discovering metadata.

Table columns

Column name Data type Description
namespace_name text The name of the namespace where a specified relation exists.
relation_name text The name of the relation.
column_name text The name of the column.
privilege_type text The type of the permission. Possible values are SELECT or UPDATE.
identity_id integer The ID of the identity. Possible values are user ID, role ID, or group ID.
identity_name text The name of the identity.
identity_type text The type of the identity. Possible values are user, role, group or public.

Sample query

The following example displays the result of the SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES.

SELECT namespace_name,relation_name,COLUMN_NAME,privilege_type,identity_name,identity_type
FROM svv_column_privileges WHERE relation_name = 'lineitem';

 namespace_name | relation_name | column_name | privilege_type | identity_name | identity_type
----------------+---------------+-------------+----------------+---------------+----------------
    public      |   lineitem    | l_orderkey  |     SELECT     |    reguser    |     user
    public      |   lineitem    | l_orderkey  |     SELECT     |     role1     |     role
    public      |   lineitem    | l_partkey   |     SELECT     |    reguser    |     user
    public      |   lineitem    | l_partkey   |     SELECT     |     role1     |     role