Re: Database ownership

Michael,
Thank you kindly - exactly what I was after.
Cheers
Rudi.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Lamertz" <mlamertz(at)media-support(dot)de>
To: "Rudi" <rudi(at)oasis(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Database ownership

> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:28:12PM +1000, Rudi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been searching without any joy so far so I thought I'd ask.
> > Can I change the ownership of a database after the database is created ?
> > Or do I need to drop the database and recreate it using the new database
owner account ?
>
> Nope,
>
> \d pg_database and pg_shadow. pg_database.datdba is a reference to
> pg_shadow.usesysid.
>
> Find out who's the owner:
> select a.datname, b.usename from pg_database a, pg_shadow b
> where a.datdba = b.usesysid;
>
> Update the owner:
> update pg_database
> set datdba = (select usesysid from pg_shadow where usename =
'SOMEUSERHERE')
> where datname = 'SOMEDATABASEHERE';
>
> That should do the trick.
>
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