DROP OWNED(7) PostgreSQL 10.1 Documentation DROP OWNED(7)NAMEDROP_OWNED - remove database objects owned by a database role
SYNOPSIS
DROP OWNED BY { name | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP OWNED drops all the objects within the current database that are
owned by one of the specified roles. Any privileges granted to the
given roles on objects in the current database and on shared objects
(databases, tablespaces) will also be revoked.
PARAMETERS
name
The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose
privileges will be revoked.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects, and
in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section 5.13).
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database
objects depend on one of the affected objects. This is the default.
NOTES
DROP OWNED is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more
roles. Because DROP OWNED only affects the objects in the current
database, it is usually necessary to execute this command in each
database that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
Using the CASCADE option might make the command recurse to objects
owned by other users.
The REASSIGN OWNED (REASSIGN_OWNED(7)) command is an alternative that
reassigns the ownership of all the database objects owned by one or
more roles. However, REASSIGN OWNED does not deal with privileges for
other objects.
Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed.
See Section 21.4 for more discussion.
COMPATIBILITY
The DROP OWNED command is a PostgreSQL extension.
SEE ALSO
REASSIGN OWNED (REASSIGN_OWNED(7)), DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7))
PostgreSQL 10.1 2017 DROP OWNED(7)
