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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>ALTER USER — change a database role</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">ALTER USER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ [ WITH ] <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em> [ ... ] ]
where <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em> can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| CONNECTION LIMIT <em class="replaceable"><code>connlimit</code></em>
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<em class="replaceable"><code>password</code></em>'
| VALID UNTIL '<em class="replaceable"><code>timestamp</code></em>'
ALTER USER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> RENAME TO <em class="replaceable"><code>newname</code></em>
ALTER USER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> SET <em class="replaceable"><code>parameter</code></em> { TO | = } { <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> RESET <em class="replaceable"><code>parameter</code></em></pre>
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<p> <code class="command">ALTER USER</code> is now an alias for
<a href="sql-alterrole.html">ALTER ROLE</a>,
which see for more information.
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<a name="id747688"></a><h2>Compatibility</h2>
<p> The <code class="command">ALTER USER</code> statement is a
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension. The SQL standard
leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
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<a name="id747709"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<span class="simplelist"><a href="sql-alterrole.html">ALTER ROLE</a></span>
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