SVV_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES - Amazon Redshift
Table columnsSample query

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.

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