The attached patch changes ALTER TABLE OWNER to also change the

ownership of any toast tables that belong to the table that is being
operated upon (as suggested by Tom Lane).

Neil Conway

src/backend/commands/command.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.160 2002/03/06 19:58:26 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.161 2002/03/14 22:44:50 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  The PerformAddAttribute() code, like most of the relation
@@ -1619,11 +1619,13 @@ AlterTableOwnerId(Oid relationOid, int32 newOwnerSysId)
 	CatalogCloseIndices(Num_pg_class_indices, idescs);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are operating on a table, also change the ownership
-	 * of all of its indexes.
+	 * If we are operating on a table, also change the ownership of any
+	 * indexes that belong to the table, as well as the table's toast
+	 * table (if it has one)
 	 */
 	if (tuple_class->relkind == RELKIND_RELATION)
 	{
+		/* Search for indexes belonging to this table */
 		Relation target_rel;
 		List *index_oid_list, *i;
 
@@ -1639,6 +1641,12 @@ AlterTableOwnerId(Oid relationOid, int32 newOwnerSysId)
 		}
 
 		freeList(index_oid_list);
+
+		/* If it has a toast table, recurse to change its ownership */
+		if (tuple_class->reltoastrelid != InvalidOid)
+		{
+			AlterTableOwnerId(tuple_class->reltoastrelid, newOwnerSysId);
+		}
 	}
 
 	heap_freetuple(tuple);
@@ -1654,10 +1662,11 @@ CheckTupleType(Form_pg_class tuple_class)
 		case RELKIND_INDEX:
 		case RELKIND_VIEW:
 		case RELKIND_SEQUENCE:
+		case RELKIND_TOASTVALUE:
 			/* ok to change owner */
 			break;
 		default:
-			elog(ERROR, "ALTER TABLE: relation \"%s\" is not a table, index, view, or sequence",
+			elog(ERROR, "ALTER TABLE: relation \"%s\" is not a table, TOAST table, index, view, or sequence",
 				 NameStr(tuple_class->relname));
 	}
 }