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# GRANT OWNERSHIP

## Syntax

```sql
GRANT OWNERSHIP ON 
      ( COMPUTE_POOL compute_pool_name
      | DATABASE database_name
      | SCHEMA [database_name.]schema_name
      | RELATION [[database_name.]schema_name.]relation_name
      | STORE store_name
      | SCHEMA_REGISTRY schema_registry_name
      | QUERY query_id
      | DESCRIPTOR_SOURCE descriptor_source_name
      | FUNCTION_SOURCE function_source_name
      | FUNCTION function_identifier
      | ROLE role_name
      )
TO roleName
```

## Description

Transfer ownership or an object to a new [Role](/overview/core-concepts/access-control.md#_role).

You can transfer ownership only if the current role is the owner of the object and has been granted the destination role.

## Examples

```sh
demodb.public/<no-store># LIST DATABASES;
+---------+-------------+----------+-------------------------------+
|  Name   |  Is Default |  Owner   |  Created At                   |
+=========+=============+==========+===============================+
| demodb  | true        | sysadmin | 2023-09-10 19:41:23 +0000 UTC |
+---------+-------------+----------+-------------------------------+
demodb.public/<no-store># GRANT OWNERSHIP ON DATABASE demodb TO rol1;
+-----------------+----------+------------------------------------------+
|  Type           |  Command |  Summary                                 |
+=================+==========+==========================================+
| ownership grant | ALTER    | Ownership of "main_db" granted to role   |
|                 |          | "rol1"                                   |
+-----------------+----------+------------------------------------------+
demodb.public/<no-store># USE ROLE securityadmin;
+-------+---------------+----------+----------------------------+
|  Type |  Name         |  Command |  Summary                   |
+=======+===============+==========+============================+
| role  | securityadmin | USE      | using role "securityadmin" |
+-------+---------------+----------+----------------------------+
demodb.public/<no-store># LIST DATABASES;
+---------+-------------+----------+-------------------------------+
|  Name   |  Is Default |  Owner   |  Created At                   |
+=========+=============+==========+===============================+
| user_db | false       | orgadmin | 2024-06-05 19:41:23 +0000 UTC |
+---------+-------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| demodb  | true        | rol1     | 2023-09-10 19:41:23 +0000 UTC |
+---------+-------------+----------+-------------------------------+
```


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