From: Bernd Lentes <bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de>
To: Paul Smith* <paul@pscs.co.uk>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: RE: Update "usename" in pg_user
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:20:10 +0000
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>>
>> update pg_user set usename = 'usename@helmholtz-munich.de' where
>> usename = 'dorota.germann';
>
>1) don't update system tables directly unless you absolutely must
OK.
>ALTER USER <username> RENAME TO <new_username> is what you want
>
>2) To use characters other than alphanumeric or _ then you need to use
>double quotes
>
>
>So:
>
>ALTER USER dorota.germann RENAME TO "dorota.germann@helmholtz-
>munich.de";
>
>should do the job
>
>Paul
Hi Paul,
thanks. Can I do this for all users in one turn ?
Bernd
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