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ALTER LARGE OBJECT
A DDL command to change ownership of a large object
ALTER LARGE OBJECT is a DDL command to change ownership of a large object.
ALTER LARGE OBJECT was added in PostgreSQL 9.0.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 9.5
ALTER LARGE OBJECT ... OWNER TO { CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }syntax added (commit 31eae602)
- PostgreSQL 9.0
- added (commit f1325ce2)
Examples
Using ALTER LARGE OBJECT to alter ownership of a large object:
postgres=# \lo_import /tmp/random-meme.gif 'popular animated meme'
lo_import 16459
postgres=# \dl
Large objects
ID | Owner | Description
-------+----------+----------------------
16459 | postgres | popular animated meme
(1 row)
postgres=# ALTER LARGE OBJECT 16459 OWNER TO lo_usr;
ALTER LARGE OBJECT
postgres=# \dl
Large objects
ID | Owner | Description
-------+--------+----------------------
16459 | lo_usr | popular animated meme
(1 row)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: ALTER LARGE OBJECT