Re: ALTER TABLE OWNER: change indexes

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Maybe indexes and TOAST tables shouldn't have ownership it all. (Set
> relowner to 0.) Since only owners can create these things, there doesn't
> seem to be a point in maintaining ownership.

That's a good thought. At one time we allowed non-owners to create
indexes on tables, but it was correctly pointed out that this was a
bad idea (think UNIQUE index, or a functional index that always
causes an error...). I can't see a real good reason for either indexes
or TOAST tables to have a concept of ownership distinct from the parent
table.

psql's \d displays might have some trouble with this, and pg_dump might
get confused too. But fixing them would be a net improvement in
robustness so it's probably a reasonable thing to do.

regards, tom lane