SVV_DATABASE_PRIVILEGES - Amazon Redshift
Table columnsSample query

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SVV_DATABASE_PRIVILEGES

Use SVV_DATABASE_PRIVILEGES to view the database permissions that are explicitly granted to users, roles, and groups in your Amazon Redshift cluster.

SVV_DATABASE_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.

Table columns

Column name Data type Description
database_name text The name of the database.
privilege_type text The type of the permission. For permissions with a privilege_scope of database, possible values are USAGE, CREATE, TEMPORARY, TEMP, and ALTER. For privilege_scope values other than database, possible values include any permission type available on the permission's scope.
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.
admin_option boolean A value that indicates whether the user can grant the permission to other users and roles. It is always false for the role and group identity type.
privilege_scope text The scope of the permission specified in privilege_type. Possible values are as follows:

  • DATABASE

  • SCHEMAS

  • TABLES

  • FUNCTIONS

  • LANGUAGES

For information on scoped permissions, go to Scoped permissions.

Sample query

The following example displays the result of the SVV_DATABASE_PRIVILEGES.

SELECT database_name,privilege_type,identity_name,identity_type,admin_option FROM svv_database_privileges
WHERE database_name = 'test_db';

 database_name | privilege_type | identity_name | identity_type | admin_option
---------------+----------------+---------------+---------------+--------------
     test_db   |     CREATE     |     reguser   |      user     |     False
     test_db   |     CREATE     |      role1    |      role     |     False
     test_db   |     TEMP       |      public   |      public   |     False
     test_db   |     TEMP       |      role1    |      role     |     False