Name
ALTER USER -- change a database roleSynopsis
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 | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp' ALTER USER name RENAME TO new_name ALTER USER role_specification SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT } ALTER USER role_specification SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT ALTER USER role_specification RESET configuration_parameter ALTER USER role_specification RESET ALL where role_specification can be: [ GROUP ] role_name | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER
Description
ALTER USER
is now an alias for ALTER ROLE.
Compatibility
The ALTER USER
statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
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