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Subject: Re: SQL command : ALTER DATABASE OWNER TO
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:26:22 +0100
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> 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 =
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.
>>=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
>    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.

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Daniel Gustafsson