How to modify owner of all tables in PostgreSQL?

1. Using REASSIGN OWNED

For PostgreSQL from the version 8.2, you can use REASSIGN OWNED to transfer the ownership of any database objects owned by a database role to a new role.

REASSIGN OWNED BY old_role [, ...] TO new_role

2. Using psql command

For older versions, you can use these command to change to ownership of tables, sequences, and views.

Tables:

for tbl in `psql -qAt -c "select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname = 'public';" YOUR_DB` ; do  psql -c "alter table \"$tbl\" owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done

Sequences:

for tbl in `psql -qAt -c "select sequence_name from information_schema.sequences where sequence_schema = 'public';" YOUR_DB` ; do  psql -c "alter sequence \"$tbl\" owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done

Views:

for tbl in `psql -qAt -c "select table_name from information_schema.views where table_schema = 'public';" YOUR_DB` ; do  psql -c "alter view \"$tbl\" owner to NEW_OWNER" YOUR_DB ; done

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