ALTER USER(7) PostgreSQL 9.5.0 Documentation ALTER USER(7)NAME
ALTER_USER - change a database roleSYNOPSIS
ALTER USER role_specification [ WITH ] option [ ... ] where option can be: SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER | INHERIT | NOINHERIT | LOGIN | NOLOGIN | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION | 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_USERDESCRIPTION
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 implementation.SEE ALSO
ALTER ROLE (ALTER_ROLE(7)) PostgreSQL 9.5.0 2016 ALTER USER(7)