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<literal>PUBLIC</literal>. Thus, for example, revoking <literal>SELECT</> privilege

from <literal>PUBLIC</literal> does not necessarily mean that all roles

have lost <literal>SELECT</> privilege on the object: those who have it granted

directly or via another role will still have it.

directly or via another role will still have it. Similarly, revoking

<literal>SELECT</> from a user might not prevent that user from using

<literal>SELECT</> if <literal>PUBLIC</literal> or another membership

role still has <literal>SELECT</> rights.

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