Re: Drop user cascade - Mailing list pgsql-general
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Alex Ignatov (postgrespro) <a.ignatov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
Some security consideration bear in mind that DROP OWNED cant delete own
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[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
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To: Alex Ignatov (postgrespro) <a.ignatov@postgrespro.ru>
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Drop user cascade
"Alex Ignatov \(postgrespro\)" <a.ignatov@postgrespro.ru> writes:
> Why do Postgres have no such functionality as DROP USER CASCADE? Is
> there any reasons in that absence?
The short answer is that DROP USER couldn't reach across databases to get
rid of owned objects in other databases. See
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/role-removal. html
regards, tom lane
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objects in other DBs? In general what stops us to do inter DBs connection
like MSSQL?
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>In general what stops us to do inter DBs connection like MSSQL?
It currently is not generic to PostgreSQL, but you can do that with the dblink extension/functions.
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