DROP OWNED

Function

Deletes the database objects owned by a database role.

Precautions

The role's permissions on all the database objects in the current database and shared objects (databases and tablespaces) are revoked.

Syntax

DROP OWNED BY name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ];

Parameter Description

  • name

    Name of the role whose objects are to be deleted and whose permissions are to be revoked.

  • CASCADE | RESTRICT

    • CASCADE: automatically deletes objects that depend on the affected objects.

    • RESTRICT (default): refuses to delete objects that have other objects depend on them.

Examples

Remove all database objects owned by role u1:

DROP OWNED BY u1;