Re: Unable to drop role

Excerpts from McGehee, Robert's message of lun ago 23 13:29:47 -0400 2010:
> PostgreSQL developers,
> I am unable to drop a role with presumably no object dependencies or
> connection access on my PostgreSQL 8.4.2 installation (64-bit OSX). Any
> help would be greatly appreciated as I've spent way too much time trying
> to execute a simple command.
>
>
> template1=# DROP ROLE a485099;
> ERROR: role "a485099" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on
> it
> DETAIL: access to database template1

So what does \l say about template1?

> template1=# REASSIGN OWNED BY a485099 TO postgres;
> template1=# DROP OWNED BY a485099;

IIRC neither REASSIGN OWNED nor DROP OWNED do anything about access to
databases.

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