REASSIGN OWNED
Description
REASSIGN OWNED instructs the system to change the ownership of database objects owned by one of the old_roles, to new_role.
Parameters
- old_role
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 tonew_role.
- new_role
The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the affected objects.
Notes
REASSIGN OWNED is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more roles. BecauseREASSIGN OWNED 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.
REASSIGN OWNED requires privileges on both the source role(s) and the target role.
TheDROP OWNED command is an alternative that drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles. Note also thatDROP OWNED requires privileges only on the source role(s).
TheREASSIGN OWNED command does not affect the privileges granted to the old_roles in objects that are not owned by them. UseDROP OWNED to revoke those privileges.