Re: Set new owner on cloned database - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Guillaume Lelarge
Subject Re: Set new owner on cloned database
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Msg-id 4D000AD3.7080006@lelarge.info
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In response to Re: Set new owner on cloned database  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
Responses Re: Set new owner on cloned database  ("James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca>)
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Le 08/12/2010 22:41, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo a écrit :
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:40:29 -0500 (EST)
> "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
>
>> I am testing a Rails deployment and wish to copy a database
>> assigning it an new owner.  I have tried this:
>>
>> createdb --owner=hll_theheart_db_devl
>> --template=hll_th_deploytest_prod hll_theheart_devl
>>
>> While this indeed sets the database owner to hll_theheart_db_devl
>> everything else, schema, tables whatever, remains owned by the
>> original owner.  Is there no way to change the owner everywhere in
>> the cloned database using cretedb?

No, you can't. --owner changes only the owner of the database.

>> Or am I constrained to do a
>> dump all and restore?
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg51048.html
> http://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg51047.html
>
> I'm not sure if there has been any progress in newer postgres to
> support easier change of owner.
> I'm not aware of any more current better solution.
>

You should try REASSIGN OWNED BY. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-reassign-owned.html


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