ALTER TABLE OWNER must change the ownership of the table's rowtype too.

This was not especially critical before, but it is now that we track
ownership dependencies --- the dependency for the rowtype *must* shift
to the new owner.  Spotted by Bernd Helmle.
Also fix a problem introduced by recent change to allow non-superusers
to do ALTER OWNER in some cases: if the table had a toast table, ALTER
OWNER failed *even for superusers*, because the test being applied would
conclude that the new would-be owner had no create rights on pg_toast.
A side-effect of the fix is to disallow changing the ownership of indexes
or toast tables separately from their parent table, which seems a good
idea on the whole.

doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml

 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.78 2005/08/01 16:11:14 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.79 2005/08/04 01:09:27 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
     <term><literal>OWNER</literal></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      This form changes the owner of the table, index, sequence, or view to the
+      This form changes the owner of the table, sequence, or view to the
       specified user.
      </para>
     </listitem>

src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.165 2005/08/01 04:03:55 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.166 2005/08/04 01:09:28 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static void ATExecAlterColumnType(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 					  const char *colName, TypeName *typename);
 static void ATPostAlterTypeCleanup(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab);
 static void ATPostAlterTypeParse(char *cmd, List **wqueue);
-static void ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId);
+static void ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId, bool recursing);
 static void change_owner_recurse_to_sequences(Oid relationOid,
 											  Oid newOwnerId);
 static void ATExecClusterOn(Relation rel, const char *indexName);
@@ -2141,7 +2141,8 @@ ATExecCmd(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd)
 			break;
 		case AT_ChangeOwner:	/* ALTER OWNER */
 			ATExecChangeOwner(RelationGetRelid(rel),
-							  get_roleid_checked(cmd->name));
+							  get_roleid_checked(cmd->name),
+							  false);
 			break;
 		case AT_ClusterOn:		/* CLUSTER ON */
 			ATExecClusterOn(rel, cmd->name);
@@ -5238,9 +5239,15 @@ ATPostAlterTypeParse(char *cmd, List **wqueue)
 
 /*
  * ALTER TABLE OWNER
+ *
+ * recursing is true if we are recursing from a table to its indexes or
+ * toast table.  We don't allow the ownership of those things to be
+ * changed separately from the parent table.  Also, we can skip permission
+ * checks (this is necessary not just an optimization, else we'd fail to
+ * handle toast tables properly).
  */
 static void
-ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
+ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId, bool recursing)
 {
 	Relation	target_rel;
 	Relation	class_rel;
@@ -5267,16 +5274,19 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 	switch (tuple_class->relkind)
 	{
 		case RELKIND_RELATION:
-		case RELKIND_INDEX:
 		case RELKIND_VIEW:
 		case RELKIND_SEQUENCE:
-		case RELKIND_TOASTVALUE:
 			/* ok to change owner */
 			break;
+		case RELKIND_INDEX:
+		case RELKIND_TOASTVALUE:
+			if (recursing)
+				break;
+			/* FALL THRU */
 		default:
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
-					 errmsg("\"%s\" is not a table, TOAST table, index, view, or sequence",
+					 errmsg("\"%s\" is not a table, view, or sequence",
 							NameStr(tuple_class->relname))));
 	}
 
@@ -5293,23 +5303,28 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 		Datum		aclDatum;
 		bool		isNull;
 		HeapTuple	newtuple;
-		Oid		    namespaceOid = tuple_class->relnamespace;
-		AclResult	aclresult;
-
-		/* Otherwise, must be owner of the existing object */
-		if (!pg_class_ownercheck(relationOid,GetUserId()))
-			aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_CLASS,
-						   RelationGetRelationName(target_rel));
 
-		/* Must be able to become new owner */
-		check_is_member_of_role(GetUserId(), newOwnerId);
-
-		/* New owner must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-		aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, newOwnerId,
-										  ACL_CREATE);
-		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-			aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-						   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
+		/* skip permission checks when recursing to index or toast table */
+		if (!recursing)
+		{
+			Oid		    namespaceOid = tuple_class->relnamespace;
+			AclResult	aclresult;
+
+			/* Otherwise, must be owner of the existing object */
+			if (!pg_class_ownercheck(relationOid,GetUserId()))
+				aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_CLASS,
+							   RelationGetRelationName(target_rel));
+
+			/* Must be able to become new owner */
+			check_is_member_of_role(GetUserId(), newOwnerId);
+
+			/* New owner must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
+			aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, newOwnerId,
+											  ACL_CREATE);
+			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
+				aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
+							   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
+		}
 
 		memset(repl_null, ' ', sizeof(repl_null));
 		memset(repl_repl, ' ', sizeof(repl_repl));
@@ -5342,6 +5357,12 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 		/* Update owner dependency reference */
 		changeDependencyOnOwner(RelationRelationId, relationOid, newOwnerId);
 
+		/*
+		 * Also change the ownership of the table's rowtype, if it has one
+		 */
+		if (tuple_class->relkind != RELKIND_INDEX)
+			AlterTypeOwnerInternal(tuple_class->reltype, newOwnerId);
+
 		/*
 		 * If we are operating on a table, also change the ownership of
 		 * any indexes and sequences that belong to the table, as well as
@@ -5358,7 +5379,7 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 
 			/* For each index, recursively change its ownership */
 			foreach(i, index_oid_list)
-				ATExecChangeOwner(lfirst_oid(i), newOwnerId);
+				ATExecChangeOwner(lfirst_oid(i), newOwnerId, true);
 
 			list_free(index_oid_list);
 		}
@@ -5367,7 +5388,8 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 		{
 			/* If it has a toast table, recurse to change its ownership */
 			if (tuple_class->reltoastrelid != InvalidOid)
-				ATExecChangeOwner(tuple_class->reltoastrelid, newOwnerId);
+				ATExecChangeOwner(tuple_class->reltoastrelid, newOwnerId,
+								  true);
 
 			/* If it has dependent sequences, recurse to change them too */
 			change_owner_recurse_to_sequences(relationOid, newOwnerId);
@@ -5437,7 +5459,7 @@ change_owner_recurse_to_sequences(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId)
 		}
 
 		/* We don't need to close the sequence while we alter it. */
-		ATExecChangeOwner(depForm->objid, newOwnerId);
+		ATExecChangeOwner(depForm->objid, newOwnerId, false);
 
 		/* Now we can close it.  Keep the lock till end of transaction. */
 		relation_close(seqRel, NoLock);

src/backend/commands/typecmds.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c,v 1.77 2005/08/01 04:03:55 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c,v 1.78 2005/08/04 01:09:28 tgl Exp $
  *
  * DESCRIPTION
  *	  The "DefineFoo" routines take the parse tree and pick out the
@@ -2057,7 +2057,8 @@ AlterTypeOwner(List *names, Oid newOwnerId)
 	 * free-standing composite type, and not a table's underlying type. We
 	 * want people to use ALTER TABLE not ALTER TYPE for that case.
 	 */
-	if (typTup->typtype == 'c' && get_rel_relkind(typTup->typrelid) != 'c')
+	if (typTup->typtype == 'c' &&
+		get_rel_relkind(typTup->typrelid) != RELKIND_COMPOSITE_TYPE)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 				 errmsg("\"%s\" is a table's row type",
@@ -2102,6 +2103,45 @@ AlterTypeOwner(List *names, Oid newOwnerId)
 	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * AlterTypeOwnerInternal - change type owner unconditionally
+ *
+ * This is currently only used to propagate ALTER TABLE OWNER to the
+ * table's rowtype.  It assumes the caller has done all needed checks.
+ */
+void
+AlterTypeOwnerInternal(Oid typeOid, Oid newOwnerId)
+{
+	Relation	rel;
+	HeapTuple	tup;
+	Form_pg_type typTup;
+
+	rel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
+
+	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy(TYPEOID,
+							 ObjectIdGetDatum(typeOid),
+							 0, 0, 0);
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for type %u", typeOid);
+	typTup = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+
+	/*
+	 * Modify the owner --- okay to scribble on typTup because it's a
+	 * copy
+	 */
+	typTup->typowner = newOwnerId;
+
+	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
+
+	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
+
+	/* Update owner dependency reference */
+	changeDependencyOnOwner(TypeRelationId, typeOid, newOwnerId);
+
+	/* Clean up */
+	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Execute ALTER TYPE SET SCHEMA
  */

src/include/commands/typecmds.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/commands/typecmds.h,v 1.12 2005/08/01 04:03:58 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/commands/typecmds.h,v 1.13 2005/08/04 01:09:29 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern void AlterDomainDropConstraint(List *names, const char *constrName,
 extern List *GetDomainConstraints(Oid typeOid);
 
 extern void AlterTypeOwner(List *names, Oid newOwnerId);
+extern void AlterTypeOwnerInternal(Oid typeOid, Oid newOwnerId);
 extern void AlterTypeNamespace(List *names, const char *newschema);
 extern void AlterTypeNamespaceInternal(Oid typeOid, Oid nspOid,
 									   bool errorOnTableType);

src/test/regress/expected/dependency.out

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ CREATE USER regression_user;
 CREATE USER regression_user2;
 CREATE USER regression_user3;
 CREATE GROUP regression_group;
-CREATE TABLE deptest ();
+CREATE TABLE deptest (f1 serial primary key, f2 text);
+NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "deptest_f1_seq" for serial column "deptest.f1"
+NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "deptest_pkey" for table "deptest"
 GRANT SELECT ON TABLE deptest TO GROUP regression_group;
 GRANT ALL ON TABLE deptest TO regression_user, regression_user2;
 -- can't drop neither because they have privileges somewhere
@@ -30,10 +32,12 @@ DROP USER regression_user;
 REVOKE ALL ON deptest FROM regression_user2;
 DROP USER regression_user2;
 -- can't drop the owner of an object
+-- the error message detail here would include a pg_toast_nnn name that
+-- is not constant, so suppress it
+\set VERBOSITY terse
 ALTER TABLE deptest OWNER TO regression_user3;
 DROP USER regression_user3;
 ERROR:  role "regression_user3" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on it
-DETAIL:  owner of table deptest
 -- if we drop the object, we can drop the user too
 DROP TABLE deptest;
 DROP USER regression_user3;

src/test/regress/sql/dependency.sql

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CREATE USER regression_user2;
 CREATE USER regression_user3;
 CREATE GROUP regression_group;
 
-CREATE TABLE deptest ();
+CREATE TABLE deptest (f1 serial primary key, f2 text);
 
 GRANT SELECT ON TABLE deptest TO GROUP regression_group;
 GRANT ALL ON TABLE deptest TO regression_user, regression_user2;
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ REVOKE ALL ON deptest FROM regression_user2;
 DROP USER regression_user2;
 
 -- can't drop the owner of an object
+-- the error message detail here would include a pg_toast_nnn name that
+-- is not constant, so suppress it
+\set VERBOSITY terse
 ALTER TABLE deptest OWNER TO regression_user3;
 DROP USER regression_user3;