Re: Drop user cascade

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From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:31 PM
To: Alex Ignatov (postgrespro) <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Drop user cascade

"Alex Ignatov \(postgrespro\)" <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> writes:
> Why do Postgres have no such functionality as DROP USER CASCADE? Is
> there any reasons in that absence?

The short answer is that DROP USER couldn't reach across databases to get
rid of owned objects in other databases. See

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/role-removal.html

regards, tom lane

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Some security consideration bear in mind that DROP OWNED cant delete own
objects in other DBs? In general what stops us to do inter DBs connection
like MSSQL?

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