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From gparc@free.fr
Subject Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO
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In response to Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
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Hello,

maybe a misunderstanding of my part, but your proposed modification doesn't matched
with the current behaviour of the command as precisely the object privileges of the old owner are **NOT** transferred
to the new owner along with the ownership

Regards
Gilles

----- Mail original -----
De: "Daniel Gustafsson" <daniel@yesql.se>
À: "Laurenz Albe" <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: "gparc" <gparc@free.fr>, "pgsql-docs" <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Envoyé: Mercredi 24 Janvier 2024 15:26:22
Objet: Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO

> On 24 Jan 2024, at 15:23, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 11:08 +0100, gparc@free.fr wrote:
>> for this "ALTER DATABASE" form, it should be mentioned that after execution of the command,
>> the old database owner loses all his privileges on it (even connection) although it might
>> still owns schemas or objects (tables, index,...) inside it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance to add this important precision.
>
> How about this:
>
> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> index 4044f0908f..44042f863c 100644
> --- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> @@ -1891,6 +1891,8 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable>table_name</replaceable> OWNER TO <replaceable>new_owne
>    Superusers can always do this; ordinary roles can only do it if they are
>    both the current owner of the object (or inherit the privileges of the
>    owning role) and able to <literal>SET ROLE</literal> to the new owning role.
> +   All object privileges of the old owner are transferred to the new owner
> +   along with the ownership.
>   </para>

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me, it won't make the docs harder to read and use
for experienced users while it may make them easier to follow for new users.

--
Daniel Gustafsson



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