Re: LIST OWNED BY...

On 29 February 2012 17:16, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
>> So could we introduce either a command to show which objects are owned
>> by a particular role, or allow a dry-run of DROP OWNED BY?
>
> It's always been possible to do that:
>
>        begin;
>        drop owned by joe;
>        rollback;
>
> I believe this is already the recommended approach if you're concerned
> about what DROP CASCADE will do.

No, the cascade part is fine. It's the objects which won't cause a
cascade that are an issue. Putting it in a transaction for rolling
back doesn't help find out what it intends to drop.

How can the user tell what the statement would drop (ignoring cascades)?

--
Thom