Re: Cannot delete role because it depends on "default privileges"

Durumdara <durumdara@gmail.com> writes:
> We have a ROLE_MAIN.
> This gave default privileges to all next objects in DB_X to ROLE_X.
> Somebody dropped DB_X, and later he tried to drop ROLE_X.
> But he got errors in PGAdmin.
> ERROR:  role "role_x" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on it
> DETAIL:  privileges for default privileges on new types belonging to role
> role_main

See DROP OWNED BY.

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

            regards, tom lane