Re: [SQL] change username

Pg_user is a view.   Non-updatable I might add.    Pg_shadow is the table
you want.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Brandt <brandtwr-pgsql@draaw.net>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 1:15 PM
Subject: [SQL] change username


>I have a user on my system whose username has recently changed.  The user
>owns and is a non-owning user of multiple database.  I have tried a command
>of the form:
>
>update pg_user set usename='newname' where usesysid=###;
>
>When I try this I get an error.  Does anyone know how to change this
>information?  If I delete the user and recreate the user with the same uid
>does that retain all the existing database permissions?
>
>--
>Bill Brandt
>brandtwr@draaw.net                              http://www.draaw.net/
>