Re: dropping role w/dependent objects

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: dropping role w/dependent objects
Date: 2007-04-04 22:48:10
Message-ID: 20070404224810.GH19251@alvh.no-ip.org
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Ed L. wrote:
> On Wednesday April 4 2007 4:35 pm, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >
> > Note that you can give the objects owned by that role to
> > someone else with REASSIGN OWNED, and drop the objects with
> > DROP OWNED (note that they act differently regarding grants;
> > see the docs)
>
> Yes, but how do identify what they are so that I know if I want
> to DROP OWNED them?

There's no way AFAICT, short of peeking the catalogs (or
information_schema). Try pg_shdepend.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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