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<refentry id="sql-reassign-owned">
 <indexterm zone="sql-reassign-owned">
  <primary>REASSIGN OWNED</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>REASSIGN OWNED</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>REASSIGN OWNED</refname>
  <refpurpose>change the ownership of database objects owned by a database role</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
REASSIGN OWNED BY { <replaceable class="parameter">old_role</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...]
               TO { <replaceable class="parameter">new_role</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> instructs the system to change
   the ownership of database objects owned by any of the
   <replaceable class="parameter">old_roles</replaceable> to
   <replaceable class="parameter">new_role</replaceable>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">old_role</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of a role. The ownership of all the objects within the
      current database, and of all shared objects (databases, tablespaces),
      owned by this role will be reassigned to
      <replaceable class="parameter">new_role</replaceable>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_role</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the
      affected objects.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Notes</title>

  <para>
   <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> is often used to prepare for the
   removal of one or more roles. Because <command>REASSIGN
   OWNED</command> does not affect objects within other databases,
   it is usually necessary to execute this command in each database
   that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
  </para>

  <para>
   <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> requires membership on both the
   source role(s) and the target role.
  </para>

  <para>
   The <link linkend="sql-drop-owned"><command>DROP OWNED</command></link> command is an alternative that
   simply drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles.
  </para>

  <para>
   The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> command does not affect any
   privileges granted to
   the <replaceable class="parameter">old_roles</replaceable> on objects
   that are not owned by them.  Likewise, it does not affect default
   privileges created with <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</command>.
   Use <command>DROP OWNED</command> to revoke such privileges.
  </para>

  <para>
   See <xref linkend="role-removal"/> for more discussion.
  </para>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> command is a
   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-drop-owned"/></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-droprole"/></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-alterdatabase"/></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>