ation.  In
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> we have chosen to unify
   users and roles into a single kind of entity.  Roles therefore
   have many more optional attributes than they do in the standard.
  </P
><P
>   The behavior specified by the SQL standard is most closely approximated
   by giving users the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOINHERIT</TT
> attribute, while roles are
   given the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>INHERIT</TT
> attribute.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN71881"
></A
>