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  <refentrytitle id="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED-TITLE">REASSIGN OWNED</refentrytitle>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>REASSIGN OWNED</refname>
  <refpurpose>change ownership of database objects owned by a database role</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

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

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
REASSIGN OWNED <replaceable class="PARAMETER">old_role</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_role</replaceable>
</synopsis>
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 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> instructs the system to change
   the ownership of the database objects owned by one of the old_roles,
   to new_role.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Notes</title>

  <para>
   The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> command is mostly used in preparation to
   drop the roles.  See the <command>DROP OWNED</command> command for an
   alternative that drops the objects.
  </para>

  <para>
   The <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> command does not affect the privileges
   granted to the old_roles in objects not owned by them.  Use
   <command>DROP OWNED</command> to remove them.
  </para>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

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

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

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

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