devrim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Devrim GUNDUZ) writes:
> 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.
I expect you could do the following:
update pg_database set datdba = (select usesysid from pg_shadow
where usename = 'epg') where datname = 'test';
Behind the scenes, that's probably what "ALTER DATABASE test OWNER TO
epg;" actually does.
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