doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml

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   6 <refentry id="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED">
   7  <refmeta>
   8   <refentrytitle id="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED-TITLE">REASSIGN OWNED</refentrytitle>
   9   <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  10   <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
  11  </refmeta>
  12
  13  <refnamediv>
  14   <refname>REASSIGN OWNED</refname>
  15   <refpurpose>change the ownership of database objects owned by a database role</refpurpose>
  16  </refnamediv>
  17
  18  <indexterm zone="sql-reassign-owned">
  19   <primary>REASSIGN OWNED</primary>
  20  </indexterm>
  21
  22  <refsynopsisdiv>
  23 <synopsis>
  24 REASSIGN OWNED BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">old_role</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_role</replaceable>
  25 </synopsis>
  26  </refsynopsisdiv>
  27
  28  <refsect1>
  29   <title>Description</title>
  30
  31   <para>
  32    <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> instructs the system to change
  33    the ownership of the database objects owned by one of the
  34    old_roles, to new_role.
  35   </para>
  36  </refsect1>
  37
  38  <refsect1>
  39   <title>Parameters</title>
  40
  41   <variablelist>
  42    <varlistentry>
  43     <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">old_role</replaceable></term>
  44     <listitem>
  45      <para>
  46       The name of a role. The ownership of all the objects in the
  47       current database owned by this role will be reassigned to
  48       <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_role</replaceable>.
  49      </para>
  50     </listitem>
  51    </varlistentry>
  52
  53    <varlistentry>
  54     <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_role</replaceable></term>
  55     <listitem>
  56      <para>
  57       The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the
  58       affected objects.
  59      </para>
  60     </listitem>
  61    </varlistentry>
  62   </variablelist>
  63  </refsect1>
  64
  65  <refsect1>
  66   <title>Notes</title>
  67
  68   <para>
  69    <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> is often used to prepare for the
  70    removal of one or more roles. Because <command>REASSIGN
  71    OWNED</command> only affects the objects in the current database,
  72    it is usually necessary to execute this command in each database
  73    that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
  74   </para>
  75
  76   <para>
  77    The <xref linkend="sql-drop-owned"
  78     endterm="sql-drop-owned-title"> command is an alternative that
  79    drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles.
  80   </para>
  81
  82   <para>
  83    The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> command does not affect the
  84    privileges granted to the old_roles in objects that are not owned
  85    by them.  Use <command>DROP OWNED</command> to revoke those
  86    privileges.
  87   </para>
  88
  89  </refsect1>
  90
  91  <refsect1>
  92   <title>Compatibility</title>
  93
  94   <para>
  95    The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> statement is a
  96    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
  97   </para>
  98  </refsect1>
  99
 100  <refsect1>
 101   <title>See Also</title>
 102
 103   <simplelist type="inline">
 104    <member><xref linkend="sql-drop-owned" endterm="sql-drop-owned-title"></member>
 105    <member><xref linkend="sql-droprole" endterm="sql-droprole-title"></member>
 106   </simplelist>
 107  </refsect1>
 108
 109 </refentry>