> > > > I'm using Firebird 1.5. I am having 2 users, Sysdba and Mauleen.
> > > > Mauleen is having all rights on the database tables and
> storedProc. I
> > > > had updated the rdb$elations table and set the owner as mauleen for
> > > > each item.
> > >
> > > Whoa, why are you directly manipulating with the system tables?
> > >
> > > Use grants to set permissions, nothing else.
> >
> > Adam, do you know of any GRANT statement to change table ownership?
>
> No, I but know of backup-restore cycle to achieve that.

No, it doesn't. Backup/restore changes ownership of the database,
not of the objects inside it.

> I think there is also a tool somewhere that does the necessary behind
> the scenes stuff,

Yes, there is - created by Thomas Steinmaurer of Upscene Productions.

>but running a simple query on RDB$RELATIONS is a
> recipe for tears.

This is exactly what the tool does.

Martijn Tonies
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