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REASSIGN OWNED BY { <em class="replaceable"><code>old_role</code></em> | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...]
TO { <em class="replaceable"><code>new_role</code></em> | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.160.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> instructs the system to change
the ownership of database objects owned by any of the
<em class="replaceable"><code>old_roles</code></em> to
<em class="replaceable"><code>new_role</code></em>.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.160.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>old_role</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of a role. The ownership of all the objects within the
current database, and of all shared objects (databases, tablespaces),
owned by this role will be reassigned to
<em class="replaceable"><code>new_role</code></em>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_role</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the
affected objects.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.160.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
<code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> is often used to prepare for the
removal of one or more roles. Because <code class="command">REASSIGN
OWNED</code> does not affect objects within other databases,
it is usually necessary to execute this command in each database
that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
</p><p>
<code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> requires membership on both the
source role(s) and the target role.
</p><p>
The <a class="xref" href="sql-drop-owned.html" title="DROP OWNED"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP OWNED</span></a> command is an alternative that
simply drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles.
</p><p>
The <code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> command does not affect any
privileges granted to
the <em class="replaceable"><code>old_roles</code></em> on objects
that are not owned by them. Likewise, it does not affect default
privileges created with <code class="command">ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</code>.
Use <code class="command">DROP OWNED</code> to revoke such privileges.
</p><p>
See <a class="xref" href="role-removal.html" title="21.4. Dropping Roles">Section 21.4</a> for more discussion.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.160.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
The <code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> command is a
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.160.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-drop-owned.html" title="DROP OWNED"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP OWNED</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-droprole.html" title="DROP ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP ROLE</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alterdatabase.html" title="ALTER DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER DATABASE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-prepare-transaction.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-refreshmaterializedview.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">PREPARE TRANSACTION </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
