Re: Changing a database owner on postgres 7.3

thanks for this- worked a treat!

> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Changing a database owner on postgres 7.3> From: devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com> To: rcgeorge23(at)hotmail(dot)com> CC: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:26:00 +0300> > Hi,> > On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 12:33 +0000, Richard George wrote:> > I've run into trouble attempting to change the owner of a particular> > database. The offending line is -> > > > ALTER DATABASE test OWNER TO epg;> > There is no way to change ownership of a database with ALTER DATABASE in> 7.3.X . > > > Can someone suggest an alternative way of changing the owner of a> > database for 7.3? > > AFAIR there is no quick-and-easy way to do that for 7.3. I'd create a> new database with a new username, and I'd use the old database as the> template:> > CREATE DATABASE newdb WITH OWNER newuser TEMPLATE olddb;> > could work for you.> > Regards,> -- > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564> PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support> Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting> Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/> > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not> match
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