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3 DROP OWNED BY { <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
4 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.122.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
5 <code class="command">DROP OWNED</code> drops all the objects within the current
6 database that are owned by one of the specified roles. Any
7 privileges granted to the given roles on objects in the current
8 database or on shared objects (databases, tablespaces, configuration
9 parameters) will also be revoked.
10 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.122.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
11 The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose
12 privileges will be revoked.
13 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
14 Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects,
15 and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
16 (see <a class="xref" href="ddl-depend.html" title="5.15. Dependency Tracking">Section 5.15</a>).
17 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
18 Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database
19 objects depend on one of the affected objects. This is the default.
20 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.122.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
21 <code class="command">DROP OWNED</code> is often used to prepare for the
22 removal of one or more roles. Because <code class="command">DROP OWNED</code>
23 only affects the objects in the current database, it is usually
24 necessary to execute this command in each database that contains
25 objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
27 Using the <code class="literal">CASCADE</code> option might make the command
28 recurse to objects owned by other users.
30 The <a class="link" href="sql-reassign-owned.html" title="REASSIGN OWNED"><code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code></a> command is an alternative that
31 reassigns the ownership of all the database objects owned by one or
32 more roles. However, <code class="command">REASSIGN OWNED</code> does not deal with
33 privileges for other objects.
35 Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed.
37 See <a class="xref" href="role-removal.html" title="21.4. Dropping Roles">Section 21.4</a> for more discussion.
38 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.122.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
39 The <code class="command">DROP OWNED</code> command is a
40 <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension.
41 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.122.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-reassign-owned.html" title="REASSIGN OWNED"><span class="refentrytitle">REASSIGN OWNED</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-droprole.html" title="DROP ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP ROLE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropopfamily.html" title="DROP OPERATOR FAMILY">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-droppolicy.html" title="DROP POLICY">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP OPERATOR FAMILY </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP POLICY</td></tr></table></div></body></html>