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Version: 1.0.16

ALTER USER

ALTER USER — Change a Database Role

Synopsis

ALTER USER role_specification [ WITH ] option [ ... ]

where option can be:

SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER

| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB

| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE

| INHERIT | NOINHERIT

| LOGIN | NOLOGIN

| REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION

| BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS

| CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit

| [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL

| VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'

ALTER USER name RENAME TO new_name

ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ]

SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }

ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ]

SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT

ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ]

RESET configuration_parameter

ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] RESET ALL

where role_specification can be:

role_name

| CURRENT_USER

| SESSION_USER

Description

ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE.

See Also

ALTER ROLE