Re: I can not drop a user/role because an object depent on it. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ricky Tompu Breaky
Subject Re: I can not drop a user/role because an object depent on it.
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Msg-id 20091001223729.3fef12e5@uni.de
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In response to Re: I can not drop a user/role because an object depent on it.  (Adrian Klaver <aklaver@comcast.net>)
Responses Re: I can not drop a user/role because an object depent on it.
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:38:19 -0700
Adrian Klaver <aklaver@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 September 2009 10:43:35 am Ricky Tompu Breaky wrote:
> > Dear my friends....
> >
> > I can not drop a user because another object need it. How can I know
> > which object need it? I really want to drop everything inside my
> > PostgreSQL, to reset my installation really from beginning.
> >
> > postgres=# drop user ivia;
> > FEHLER:  kann Rolle »ivia« nicht löschen, weil andere Objekte davon
> > abhängen DETAIL:  Eigentümer von Datenbank iVia
> > 7 Objekte in Datenbank iVia-->mytranslation: Error: can not delete
> > Role »ivia«, because another object depend on it DETAIL: owner of
> > Database iVia.
> > postgres=#
> >
> > I've dropped the database iVia.
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance.
>
> To clarify did you try to DROP USER ivia before or after you dropped
> the database iVia ?
>

RB>It's solved. Thanks for your reply. You're correct, I wanted to drop
RB>the user after I dropped the database. Now I know from you that in
RB>PostgreSQL, I have to drop the user first before dropping the
RB>database.

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