ALTER_VIEW(7)

1ALTER VIEW(7)            PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation           ALTER VIEW(7)
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NAME

6       ALTER_VIEW - change the definition of a view
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SYNOPSIS

9       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET DEFAULT expression
10       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name DROP DEFAULT
11       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
12       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name RENAME [ COLUMN ] column_name TO new_column_name
13       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name RENAME TO new_name
14       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name SET SCHEMA new_schema
15       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name SET ( view_option_name [= view_option_value] [, ... ] )
16       ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name RESET ( view_option_name [, ... ] )
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DESCRIPTION

19       ALTER VIEW changes various auxiliary properties of a view. (If you want
20       to modify the view's defining query, use CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW.)
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22       You must own the view to use ALTER VIEW. To change a view's schema, you
23       must also have CREATE privilege on the new schema. To alter the owner,
24       you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role,
25       and that role must have CREATE privilege on the view's schema. (These
26       restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn't do anything you
27       couldn't do by dropping and recreating the view. However, a superuser
28       can alter ownership of any view anyway.)
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PARAMETERS

31       name
32           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing view.
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34       column_name
35           Name of an existing column.
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37       new_column_name
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40       IF EXISTS
41           Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is
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44       SET/DROP DEFAULT
45           These forms set or remove the default value for a column. A view
46           column's default value is substituted into any INSERT or UPDATE
47           command whose target is the view, before applying any rules or
48           triggers for the view. The view's default will therefore take
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51       new_owner
52           The user name of the new owner of the view.
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54       new_name
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60       SET ( view_option_name [= view_option_value] [, ... ] )
61       RESET ( view_option_name [, ... ] )
62           Sets or resets a view option. Currently supported options are:
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64           check_option (enum)
65               Changes the check option of the view. The value must be local
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68           security_barrier (boolean)
69               Changes the security-barrier property of the view. The value
70               must be a Boolean value, such as true or false.
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72           security_invoker (boolean)
73               Changes the security-invoker property of the view. The value
74               must be a Boolean value, such as true or false.
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NOTES

77       For historical reasons, ALTER TABLE can be used with views too; but the
78       only variants of ALTER TABLE that are allowed with views are equivalent
79       to the ones shown above.
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EXAMPLES

82       To rename the view foo to bar:
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86       To attach a default column value to an updatable view:
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88           CREATE TABLE base_table (id int, ts timestamptz);
89           CREATE VIEW a_view AS SELECT * FROM base_table;
90           ALTER VIEW a_view ALTER COLUMN ts SET DEFAULT now();
91           INSERT INTO base_table(id) VALUES(1);  -- ts will receive a NULL
92           INSERT INTO a_view(id) VALUES(2);  -- ts will receive the current time
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COMPATIBILITY

95       ALTER VIEW is a PostgreSQL extension of the SQL standard.
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