On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Igor Neyman <iney...@perceptron.com> wrote: > > > From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Craig Libscomb > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:27 PM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Can't delete role because of unknown object > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <r...@iol.ie> wrote: > On 22/04/2014 20:47, Craig Libscomb wrote: >> The following command: >> DROP USER IF EXISTS jpate; >> >> generates the following output: >> ERROR: role "jpate" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on it >> DETAIL: 1 object in database products >> >> It would be most helpful to know what object in the products database >> depends on the jpate role, but I am unable to find anything that even >> begins to offer a clue. What command will show me this mysterious >> object, please? > I'd hazard a guess that there is another role which is a member of this > one.... connect to the database using psql, and then \du will give you a > list of all roles - in the output from \du, look at the column "Member of". > > All of the roles have {} under "member of", so I assume that means no members? > > > HTH, > > Ray. > > > You could try: > > SELECT C.relname, C.reltype > FROM pg_class C, pg_authid O > WHERE O.rolname = 'jpate' > AND C.relowner = O.oid;
Dummy me, I was connected to the wrong database. This returned 0 rows though. Even tried it with a different user. But punching in postgres gave me lots of info. Thanks for the hint. > > Regards, > Igor Neyman >