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/