From 3e754a89ea328f766cff5c19d3880d63cc3330f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:29:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify some behaviours of REASSIGN OWNED and DROP OWNED BY.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml | 6 +++++-
doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml
index 9dd4184916d..ced8876b0fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml,v 1.6 2008/11/14 10:22:46 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml,v 1.7 2010/04/02 17:29:22 sriggs Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ DROP OWNED BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCAD
reassigns the ownership of all the database objects owned by one or
more roles.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Databases owned by the role(s) will not be removed.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml
index df37f4a386b..f9636479cb5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml,v 1.4 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reassign_owned.sgml,v 1.5 2010/04/02 17:29:22 sriggs Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -73,10 +73,17 @@ REASSIGN OWNED BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">old_role</replaceable> [, ...]
that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> requires privileges on both the
+ source role(s) and the target role.
+ </para>
+
<para>
The <xref linkend="sql-drop-owned"
endterm="sql-drop-owned-title"> command is an alternative that
- drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles.
+ drops all the database objects owned by one or more roles. Note
+ also that <command>DROP OWNED</command> requires privileges only
+ on the source role(s).
</para>
<para>
--
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