doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user_mapping.sgml

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   6 <refentry id="SQL-ALTERUSERMAPPING">
   7  <refmeta>
   8   <refentrytitle id="sql-alterusermapping-title">ALTER USER MAPPING</refentrytitle>
   9   <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  10   <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
  11  </refmeta>
  12
  13  <refnamediv>
  14   <refname>ALTER USER MAPPING</refname>
  15   <refpurpose>change the definition of a user mapping</refpurpose>
  16  </refnamediv>
  17
  18  <indexterm zone="sql-alterusermapping">
  19   <primary>ALTER USER MAPPING</primary>
  20  </indexterm>
  21
  22  <refsynopsisdiv>
  23 <synopsis>
  24 ALTER USER MAPPING FOR { <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable> | USER | CURRENT_USER | PUBLIC }
  25     SERVER <replaceable class="parameter">servername</replaceable>
  26     OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> ['<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>'] [, ... ] )
  27 </synopsis>
  28  </refsynopsisdiv>
  29
  30  <refsect1>
  31   <title>Description</title>
  32
  33   <para>
  34    <command>ALTER USER MAPPING</command> changes the definition of a
  35    user mapping.
  36   </para>
  37
  38   <para>
  39    The owner of a foreign server can alter user mappings for that
  40    server for any user.  Also, a user can alter a user mapping for
  41    his own user name if <literal>USAGE</> privilege on the server has
  42    been granted to the user.
  43   </para>
  44  </refsect1>
  45
  46  <refsect1>
  47   <title>Parameters</title>
  48
  49   <variablelist>
  50    <varlistentry>
  51     <term><replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></term>
  52     <listitem>
  53      <para>
  54       User name of the mapping. <literal>CURRENT_USER</>
  55       and <literal>USER</> match the name of the current
  56       user. <literal>PUBLIC</> is used to match all present and future
  57       user names in the system.
  58      </para>
  59     </listitem>
  60    </varlistentry>
  61
  62    <varlistentry>
  63     <term><replaceable class="parameter">servername</replaceable></term>
  64     <listitem>
  65      <para>
  66       Server name of the user mapping.
  67      </para>
  68     </listitem>
  69    </varlistentry>
  70
  71    <varlistentry>
  72     <term><literal>OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> ['<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>'] [, ... ] )</literal></term>
  73     <listitem>
  74      <para>
  75       Change options for the user mapping. The new options override
  76       any previously specified
  77       options.  <literal>ADD</>, <literal>SET</>, and <literal>DROP</>
  78       specify the action to be performed.  <literal>ADD</> is assumed
  79       if no operation is explicitly specified.  Option names must be
  80       unique; options are also validated by the server's foreign-data
  81       wrapper.
  82      </para>
  83     </listitem>
  84    </varlistentry>
  85   </variablelist>
  86  </refsect1>
  87
  88  <refsect1>
  89   <title>Examples</title>
  90
  91   <para>
  92    Change the password for user mapping <literal>bob</>, server<literal> foo</>:
  93 <programlisting>
  94 ALTER USER MAPPING FOR bob SERVER foo OPTIONS (user 'bob', password 'public');
  95 </programlisting>
  96   </para>
  97
  98  </refsect1>
  99
 100  <refsect1>
 101   <title>Compatibility</title>
 102
 103   <para>
 104    <command>ALTER USER MAPPING</command> conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9
 105    (SQL/MED).  There is a subtle syntax issue: The standard omits
 106    the <literal>FOR</literal> key word.  Since both <literal>CREATE
 107    USER MAPPING</literal> and <literal>DROP USER MAPPING</literal> use
 108    <literal>FOR</literal> in analogous positions, and IBM DB2 (being
 109    the other major SQL/MED implementation) also requires it
 110    for <literal>ALTER USER MAPPING</literal>, PostgreSQL diverges from
 111    the standard here in the interest of consistency and
 112    interoperability.
 113   </para>
 114  </refsect1>
 115
 116  <refsect1>
 117   <title>See Also</title>
 118
 119   <simplelist type="inline">
 120    <member><xref linkend="sql-createusermapping" endterm="sql-createusermapping-title"></member>
 121    <member><xref linkend="sql-dropusermapping" endterm="sql-dropusermapping-title"></member>
 122   </simplelist>
 123  </refsect1>
 124
 125 </refentry>