Synopsis

ALTER USER name RENAME TO newname

ALTER USER name SET config_parameter {TO | =} {value | DEFAULT}

ALTER USER name RESET config_parameter

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

where option can be:

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

Description

ALTER USER is a deprecated command but is still accepted for historical reasons. It is an alias for ALTER ROLE. See ALTER ROLE for more information.

Compatibility

The ALTER USER statement is a Greenplum Database extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.

See Also

ALTER ROLE