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The Move Objects Dialog
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Use the *Move Objects* dialog to to move database objects from one tablespace to another tablespace.

The *Move Objects* dialog organizes the movement of database objects with the *General* tab; the *SQL* tab displays the SQL code generated by dialog selections.

.. image:: images/move_objects_general.png
    :alt: Move objects dialog general tab

Use the fields in the *General* tab to identify the items that will be moved and the tablespace to which they will be moved:

* Use the *New tablespace* drop-down listbox to select a pre-existing tablespace to which the object will be moved. (To create a tablespace, use the *Tablespace* dialog; access the dialog by right clicking *Tablespaces* in the *pgAdmin* tree control and selecting *Create Tablespace...* from the context-menu.)
* Use the *Object type* drop-down listbox to select from the following:

   * Select *All* to move all tables, indexes, and materialized views from the current tablespace (currently selected in the *pgAdmin* tree control) to the new tablespace.
   * Select *Tables* to move tables from the current tablespace to the new tablespace.
   * Select *Indexes* to move indexes from the current tablespace to the new tablespace.
   * Select *Materialized views* to move materialized views from the current tablespace to the new tablespace.

* Use the *Object owner* drop-down listbox to select the role that owns the objects selected in the *Object type* field. This field is optional.

Click the *SQL* tab to continue.

Your entries in the *Move Objects* dialog generate a SQL command (see an example below). Use the *SQL* tab for review; revisit the *General* tab to modify the SQL command.

**Example**

The following is an example of the sql command generated by user selections in the *Move Objects* dialog:

.. image:: images/move_objects_sql.png
    :alt: Move Objects dialog sql tab

The example shown demonstrates moving materialized views owned by Alice from tablespace *tbspace_01* to *tbspace_02*.

* Click the *Help* button (?) to access online help.
* Click the *OK* button to save work.
* Click the *Cancel* button to exit without saving work.



