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SVV_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGES - Amazon Redshift
Table columnsSample query
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SVV_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGES

SVV_SYSTEM_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.

For more information about best practices when querying system tables and views, see Querying System Tables.

Note

Use the SHOW GRANTS command for permission discovery. SHOW GRANTS works consistently across local, datashare, and external catalog contexts and is updated as new features are released. For more information, see Best practices for discovering metadata.

Table columns

Column name Data type Description
system_privilege text The name of the system permission.
identity_id integer The ID of the identity. Possible values are user ID or role ID.
identity_name text The name of the identity.
identity_type text The type of the identity. Possible values are user or role.

Sample query

The following example displays the result for the specified parameters.

SELECT system_privilege,identity_name,identity_type FROM svv_system_privileges
WHERE system_privilege = 'ALTER TABLE' AND identity_name = 'sys:superuser';

 system_privilege | identity_name | identity_type
------------------+---------------+---------------
   ALTER TABLE    | sys:superuser |     role