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From: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
To: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:26:22 +0100
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> On 24 Jan 2024, at 15:23, Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 11:08 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>> for this "ALTER DATABASE" form, it should be mentioned that after execution of the command,
>> the old database owner loses all his privileges on it (even connection) although it might
>> still owns schemas or objects (tables, index,...) inside it.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance to add this important precision.
> 
> How about this:
> 
> 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
>    Superusers can always do this; ordinary roles can only do it if they are
>    both the current owner of the object (or inherit the privileges of the
>    owning 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 owner
> +   along with the ownership.
>   </para>

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me, it won't make the docs harder to read and use
for experienced users while it may make them easier to follow for new users.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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