Re: Changing DB ownership - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Changing DB ownership
Date
Msg-id 200308062335.h76NZwa23746@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Changing DB ownership  ("Sander Steffann" <steffann@nederland.net>)
List pgsql-general
Added to TODO, to match ALTER TABLE ... OWNER:

       o Add ALTER DATABASE ... OWNER TO newowner


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Sander Steffann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Why would you want to do that?
> >
> > Why not do it an easier way and dump the database and restore it into
> > your new database?
> >
> > There's got to be a lot of stuff to consider when doing something as
> > radical as renaming a database.
>
> He is not talking about renaming his database, he is talking about changing
> the OWNER of the database.
>
> > >UPDATE pg_database SET datdba = 504 WHERE datname='chris';
>
> This is how I change the owner of the database too. It's not that diffucult,
> but it would be nice if it could be changed using an ALTER statement.
>
> I have noticed in the past that the dumps produced by pg_dump are difficult to
> restore if the datdba you change to has no rights to create databases. I
> haven't tested this with recent releases though. I suspect that this has
> already been fixed in pg_dump.
>
> Bye,
> Sander.
>
>
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