1ALTER GROUP(7) PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation ALTER GROUP(7)
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6 ALTER_GROUP - change role name or membership
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9 ALTER GROUP role_specification ADD USER user_name [, ... ]
10 ALTER GROUP role_specification DROP USER user_name [, ... ]
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12 where role_specification can be:
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14 role_name
15 | CURRENT_ROLE
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19 ALTER GROUP group_name RENAME TO new_name
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22 ALTER GROUP changes the attributes of a user group. This is an obsolete
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24 groups (and users too) have been superseded by the more general concept
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27 The first two variants add users to a group or remove them from a
28 group. (Any role can play the part of either a “user” or a “group” for
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30 revoking membership in the role named as the “group”; so the preferred
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33 The third variant changes the name of the group. This is exactly
34 equivalent to renaming the role with ALTER ROLE.
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38 The name of the group (role) to modify.
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41 Users (roles) that are to be added to or removed from the group.
42 The users must already exist; ALTER GROUP does not create or drop
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46 The new name of the group.
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49 Add users to a group:
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51 ALTER GROUP staff ADD USER karl, john;
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55 ALTER GROUP workers DROP USER beth;
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58 There is no ALTER GROUP statement in the SQL standard.
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61 GRANT(7), REVOKE(7), ALTER ROLE (ALTER_ROLE(7))
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