ALTER USER(7)                                             SQL Commands                                             ALTER USER(7)



NAME
       ALTER USER - change a database role


SYNOPSIS
       ALTER USER name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]

       where option can be:

             SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
           | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
           | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
           | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
           | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
           | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
           | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
           | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
           | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'

       ALTER USER name RENAME TO newname

       ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
       ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
       ALTER USER name RESET configuration_parameter
       ALTER USER name RESET ALL


DESCRIPTION
       ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE [alter_role(7)].

COMPATIBILITY
       The  ALTER  USER  statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementa-
       tion.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER ROLE [alter_role(7)]



SQL - Language Statements                                  2011-09-22                                              ALTER USER(7)