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Change owner on a postgresql database and all tables	Change owner on a postgresql database and all tables	2012-04-20	Change owner on a postgresql database and all tables

{{< highlight sh >}} ALTER DATABASE name OWNER TO new_owner for tbl in psql -qAt -c "select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname = 'public';" YOUR_DB ; do psql -c "alter table $tbl owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done for tbl in psql -qAt -c "select sequence_name from information_schema.sequences where sequence_schema = 'public';" YOUR_DB ; do psql -c "alter table $tbl owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done for tbl in psql -qAt -c "select table_name from information_schema.views where table_schema = 'public';" YOUR_DB ; do psql -c "alter table $tbl owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done {{< /highlight >}}

{{< highlight sh >}} reassign owned by "support" to "test-support"; {{< /highlight >}}