Tom,
The items in { } are just placeholders for actual values. If the schema name was my_schema and the role name was bob, I could have written instead:
grant create, usage on schema my_schema to bob;
but I had thought that using {schema_name} and {role} as place holders for any valid schema and any valid role would be more concise.
It appears that I was mistaken.
I am having instances of (substituting example names for schema and role):
grant create, usage on schema my_schema to bob;
returning the error message:
ERROR: syntax error at or near "bob"
but:
GRANT CREATE, USAGE ON SCHEMA my_schema TO bob;
succeeding.
I hope that's clearer.
rik.
richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@gmail.com> writes:
> grant create, usage on schema {schema_name} to {role};
> fails with the error:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "{role}"
> but by changing the capitalization of the statement to:
> GRANT CREATE, USAGE ON SCHEMA {schema_name} TO {role};
> completes successfully.
What are you expecting will replace "{role}" with something
valid? Whatever that is is apparently somehow dependent
on the context being upper-case.
regards, tom lane