GRANT ROLE

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GRANT grants membership of one role to another role. Roles can be members of other roles, as well as inherit all the privileges of those roles.

Syntax

GRANT <role_name> [, ...] TO <grantee> [, ...]
Syntax element Description
<role_name> The name of the role being granted.
<grantee> The name of the receiving role; i.e., the grantee.

Examples

GRANT data_scientist TO joe;
GRANT data_scientist TO joe, mike;

Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

  • CREATEROLE privileges on the system.

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