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.\" Title: ALTER USER
.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 2012-02-23
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 9.1.3 Documentation
.\" Source: PostgreSQL 9.1.3
.\" Language: English
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.TH "ALTER USER" "7" "2012-02-23" "PostgreSQL 9.1.3" "PostgreSQL 9.1.3 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ALTER_USER \- change a database role
.\" ALTER USER
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
ALTER USER \fIname\fR [ [ WITH ] \fIoption\fR [ \&.\&.\&. ] ]
where \fIoption\fR can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
| CONNECTION LIMIT \fIconnlimit\fR
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD \*(Aq\fIpassword\fR\*(Aq
| VALID UNTIL \*(Aq\fItimestamp\fR\*(Aq
ALTER USER \fIname\fR RENAME TO \fInew_name\fR
ALTER USER \fIname\fR SET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR { TO | = } { \fIvalue\fR | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER \fIname\fR SET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER \fIname\fR RESET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR
ALTER USER \fIname\fR RESET ALL
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
ALTER USER
is now an alias for
ALTER ROLE (\fBALTER_ROLE\fR(7))\&.
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
The
ALTER USER
statement is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ALTER ROLE (\fBALTER_ROLE\fR(7))
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