ALTER USER MAPPING
ALTER USER MAPPING — change the definition of a user mapping
Synopsis
ALTER USER MAPPING FOR {user_name
| USER | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER | PUBLIC } SERVERserver_name
OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ]option
['value
'] [, ... ] )
Description
ALTER USER MAPPING
changes the definition of a user mapping.
The owner of a foreign server can alter user mappings for that server for any user. Also, a user can alter a user mapping for their own user name if USAGE
privilege on the server has been granted to the user.
Parameters
user_name
User name of the mapping.
CURRENT_ROLE
,CURRENT_USER
, andUSER
match the name of the current user.PUBLIC
is used to match all present and future user names in the system.server_name
Server name of the user mapping.
OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ]
option
['value
'] [, ... ] )Change options for the user mapping. The new options override any previously specified options.
ADD
,SET
, andDROP
specify the action to be performed.ADD
is assumed if no operation is explicitly specified. Option names must be unique; options are also validated by the server's foreign-data wrapper.
Examples
Change the password for user mapping bob
, server foo
:
ALTER USER MAPPING FOR bob SERVER foo OPTIONS (SET password 'public');
Compatibility
ALTER USER MAPPING
conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED). There is a subtle syntax issue: The standard omits the FOR
key word. Since both CREATE USER MAPPING
and DROP USER MAPPING
use FOR
in analogous positions, and IBM DB2 (being the other major SQL/MED implementation) also requires it for ALTER USER MAPPING
, Postgres Pro diverges from the standard here in the interest of consistency and interoperability.