Re: How to remove a superuser

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 04:07:19PM -0500, Richard Ray wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 02:22:53PM -0500, Richard Ray wrote:
> >>I need to drop a superuser account. I get
> >>
> >>dba=# drop role bram;
> >>ERROR:  role "bram" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on it
> >>DETAIL:  owner of view teacher
> >>owner of type teacher
> >>owner of view temp1
> >>owner of type temp1
> >>...
> >>
> >>What is the preferred method.
> >
> >You need to reassign ownership of those objects to someone else.
> >
>
> I can reassign the view but not the type.
>
>
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> dba=# alter table teacher owner to bjay;
> ALTER TABLE
> dba=# alter type teacher owner to bjay;
> ERROR:  "teacher" is a table's row type

Yes, unfortunately you'll have to re-create the view as another owner.
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