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.\"     Title: DROP OWNED
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2016
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 9.5.2
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.TH "DROP OWNED" "5sql" "2016" "PostgreSQL 9.5.2" "PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DROP_OWNED \- remove database objects owned by a database role
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
DROP OWNED BY { \fIname\fR | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, \&.\&.\&.] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBDROP OWNED\fR
drops all the objects within the current database that are owned by one of the specified roles\&. Any privileges granted to the given roles on objects in the current database and on shared objects (databases, tablespaces) will also be revoked\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose privileges will be revoked\&.
.RE
.PP
CASCADE
.RS 4
Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects\&.
.RE
.PP
RESTRICT
.RS 4
Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database objects depend on one of the affected objects\&. This is the default\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP

\fBDROP OWNED\fR
is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more roles\&. Because
\fBDROP OWNED\fR
only affects the objects in the current database, it is usually necessary to execute this command in each database that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed\&.
.PP
Using the
CASCADE
option might make the command recurse to objects owned by other users\&.
.PP
The
REASSIGN OWNED (\fBREASSIGN_OWNED\fR(5))
command is an alternative that reassigns the ownership of all the database objects owned by one or more roles\&. However,
\fBREASSIGN OWNED\fR
does not deal with privileges for other objects\&.
.PP
Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed\&.
.PP
See
Section 20.4, \(lqDropping Roles\(rq, in the documentation
for more discussion\&.
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
The
\fBDROP OWNED\fR
command is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
REASSIGN OWNED (\fBREASSIGN_OWNED\fR(5)), DROP ROLE (\fBDROP_ROLE\fR(5))