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.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 13.21 Documentation
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.SH "NAME"
REASSIGN_OWNED \- change the ownership of database objects owned by a database role
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
REASSIGN OWNED BY { \fIold_role\fR | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, \&.\&.\&.]
               TO { \fInew_role\fR | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
instructs the system to change the ownership of database objects owned by any of the
\fIold_roles\fR
to
\fInew_role\fR\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIold_role\fR
.RS 4
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
\fInew_role\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_role\fR
.RS 4
The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the affected objects\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more roles\&. Because
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
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\&.
.PP
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
requires membership on both the source role(s) and the target role\&.
.PP
The
DROP OWNED (\fBDROP_OWNED\fR(7))
command is an alternative that simply drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles\&.
.PP
The
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
command does not affect any privileges granted to the
\fIold_roles\fR
on objects that are not owned by them\&. Likewise, it does not affect default privileges created with
\fBALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES\fR\&. Use
\fBDROP OWNED\fR
to revoke such privileges\&.
.PP
See
Section\ \&21.4
for more discussion\&.
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
The
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
command is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
DROP OWNED (\fBDROP_OWNED\fR(7)), DROP ROLE (\fBDROP_ROLE\fR(7)), ALTER DATABASE (\fBALTER_DATABASE\fR(7))
