Message-ID: <0a933e91f59b59f14734e19e8575894a2a06a7f2.camel@cybertec.at>
Subject: Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: gparc@free.fr, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:03:03 +0100
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On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 15:26 +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > On 24 Jan 2024, at 15:23, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote=
:
> >=20
> > On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 11:08 +0100, gparc@free.fr wrote:
> > > for this "ALTER DATABASE" form, it should be mentioned that after exe=
cution of the command,
> > > the old database owner loses all his privileges on it (even connectio=
n) although it might
> > > still owns schemas or objects (tables, index,...) inside it.
> > >=20
> > > Thanks in advance to add this important precision.
> >=20
> > How about this:
> >=20
> > diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> > index 4044f0908f..44042f863c 100644
> > --- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> > +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
> > @@ -1891,6 +1891,8 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable>table_name</replaceable>=
 OWNER TO <replaceable>new_owne
> > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Superusers can always do this; ordinary roles can onl=
y do it if they are
> > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0both the current owner of the object (or inherit the =
privileges of the
> > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0owning role) and able to <literal>SET ROLE</literal> =
to the new owning role.
> > +   All object privileges of the old owner are transferred to the new o=
wner
> > +   along with the ownership.
> > =C2=A0=C2=A0</para>
>=20
> Doesn't seem unreasonable to me, it won't make the docs harder to read an=
d use
> for experienced users while it may make them easier to follow for new use=
rs.

Here is a patch for this change.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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