ALTER POLICY(7)

NAME
ALTER_POLICY - change the definition of a row level security policy

SYNOPSIS

ALTER POLICY name ON table_name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER POLICY name ON table_name
    [ TO { role_name | PUBLIC | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] ]
    [ USING ( using_expression ) ]
    [ WITH CHECK ( check_expression ) ]

DESCRIPTION

ALTER POLICY changes the definition of an existing row-level security policy.

To use ALTER POLICY, you must own the table that the policy applies to.

In the second form of ALTER POLICY, the role list, using_expression, and check_expression are replaced independently if specified. When one of those clauses is omitted, the corresponding part of the policy is unchanged.

PARAMETERS

name
    The name of an existing policy to alter.

table_name
    The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that the policy is on.

new_name
    The new name for the policy.

role_name
    The role(s) to which the policy applies. Multiple roles can be specified at one time. To apply the policy to all roles, use PUBLIC.

using_expression
    The USING expression for the policy. See CREATE POLICY (CREATE_POLICY(7)) for details.

check_expression
    The WITH CHECK expression for the policy. See CREATE POLICY (CREATE_POLICY(7)) for details.

COMPATIBILITY

ALTER POLICY is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
CREATE POLICY (CREATE_POLICY(7)), DROP POLICY (DROP_POLICY(7))