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| <refentry id="SQL-ALTERUSER"> |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle id="sql-alteruser-title">ALTER USER</refentrytitle> |
| <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo> |
| </refmeta> |
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| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>ALTER USER</refname> |
| <refpurpose>change a database role</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <indexterm zone="sql-alteruser"> |
| <primary>ALTER USER</primary> |
| </indexterm> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <synopsis> |
| ALTER USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ [ WITH ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> [ ... ] ] |
| |
| where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> can be: |
| |
| SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER |
| | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB |
| | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE |
| | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER |
| | INHERIT | NOINHERIT |
| | LOGIN | NOLOGIN |
| | CONNECTION LIMIT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">connlimit</replaceable> |
| | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">password</replaceable>' |
| | VALID UNTIL '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">timestamp</replaceable>' |
| | RESOURCE QUEUE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">queuename</replaceable> |
| |
| ALTER USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>newname</replaceable> |
| |
| ALTER USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> SET <replaceable>configuration_parameter</replaceable> { TO | = } { <replaceable>value</replaceable> | DEFAULT } |
| ALTER USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> RESET <replaceable>configuration_parameter</replaceable> |
| </synopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Description</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| <command>ALTER USER</command> is now an alias for |
| <xref linkend="sql-alterrole" endterm="sql-alterrole-title">. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Compatibility</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| The <command>ALTER USER</command> statement is a |
| <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. The SQL standard |
| leaves the definition of users to the implementation. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>See Also</title> |
| |
| <simplelist type="inline"> |
| <member><xref linkend="sql-alterrole" endterm="sql-alterrole-title"></member> |
| </simplelist> |
| </refsect1> |
| </refentry> |