TRANSFER OWNERSHIP

The TRANSFER OWNERSHIP statement makes a different user or authorization group or class name the owner of a table, view, procedure, or authorization group.

Scope

ISQL or Application Programs

SQL Syntax

  TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF {[TABLE][Owner.]TableName 
                         [VIEW][Owner.]ViewName 
                         PROCEDURE [Owner.]ProcedureName 
                         GROUP GroupName                  } TO NewOwnerName

Parameters

[TABLE][Owner.]TableName: is the name of a table to transfer. All indexes, constraints and rules are also transferred.
[VIEW] [Owner.]ViewName: is the name of a view to transfer.
PROCEDURE [Owner.]ProcedureName: is the name of a procedure to transfer.
GROUP GroupName: is the name of an authorization group to transfer.
NewOwnerName: designates the new owner. The new owner can be a user or an authorization group or a class name.

Description

The TRANSFER OWNERSHIP statement may invalidate stored sections. Refer to the ALLBASE/SQL Databast Administration Guide for additional information on the validation of stored sections.
You cannot use this statement on system tables or system views.
Transferring ownership of a table changes the owner's grants to have the new owner as grantor.
Transferring ownership of a table drops any views based on the table as well as revoking all authorities related to the views.
Indexes and rules are owned by the owner of the table with which they are associated. When the owner of a table is transferred, then the owner of the indexes and rules associated with it are automatically transferred.

Authorization

You can transfer ownership of a table, view, procedure, or authorization group if you have OWNER authority for that table, view, procedure, or group, or if you have DBA authority. Transfers of ownership for tables involving referential constraints are subject to the following additional considerations:

The new owner must have the REFERENCES or DBA authorities necessary to allow ownership of a table containing such constraints. If the new owner does not have the needed authorities, the transfer is not allowed.
The name of any constraint or rule defined on the table must not already be in use by the new owner.
The new owner is dependent on these authorizations for the duration of the ownership (the old dependencies are dropped). The authorities cannot be removed from the new owner by the REVOKE, REMOVE FROM GROUP, or DROP GROUP statements.

Example

   CREATE PUBLIC TABLE Parts
                       (PartNumber CHAR(16) NOT NULL,
                       PartName CHAR(30),
                       SalesPrice DECIMAL(10,2))
                    IN WarehFS

The table is owned by the DBEUserID of its creator.

TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF Parts TO PurchDB

Now the table is owned by the class named PurchDB.