Re: Dropping users with no name

Hans-Jürgen Schönig wrote: >I have accidentally created a user with no name. How can I delete this >user? >I have compiled my attempts below: > >    Hans > > >persons=# SELECT * FROM pg_user; > usename  | usesysid | usecreatedb | usetrace | usesuper | usecatupd | >passwd  | >valuntil >----------+----------+-------------+----------+----------+-----------+------     >----+---------- > > postgres |       26 | t           | t        | t        | t         | >******** | >          |       27 | f           | f        | f        | f         | >******** | >(2 rows) > >persons=# DELETE FROM pg_user where usesysid>26; >DELETE 0
pg_user is a view.  Try
 DELETE FROM pg_shadow where usename = '';


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Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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