On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 10:20 -0700, Marc Fromm wrote:
> I backed up all my databases using:
> pg_dumpall -O -c -U postgres > /tmp/pgalldb2
> -O to remove owners on all objects
> -c to drop databases before recreating them during the restore to
> prevent duplicate records
> 
> I restored all the databases with this command
> psql -U postgres -f /tmp/pgalldb2 postgres
> 
> I tried to drop a user but was denied with the message, ". . . some
> objects depend on it."
> 
> Why isn't the -O flag not removing the owner from all objects?

Your problem is likely the -c not the -O. In your target database you
have a role that owns objects. You can't drop a role if it owns objects.

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> Marc
> 
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