ALTER PUBLICATION — change the definition of a publication
ALTER PUBLICATIONname
ADD TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
SET TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
DROP TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
SET (publication_parameter
[=value
] [, ... ] ) ALTER PUBLICATIONname
OWNER TO {new_owner
| CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } ALTER PUBLICATIONname
RENAME TOnew_name
The command ALTER PUBLICATION
can change the attributes
of a publication.
The first three variants change which tables are part of the publication.
The SET TABLE
clause will replace the list of tables in
the publication with the specified one. The ADD TABLE
and DROP TABLE
clauses will add and remove one or more
tables from the publication. Note that adding tables to a publication that
is already subscribed to will require a ALTER SUBSCRIPTION
... REFRESH PUBLICATION
action on the subscribing side in order
to become effective.
The fourth variant of this command listed in the synopsis can change all of the publication properties specified in CREATE PUBLICATION. Properties not mentioned in the command retain their previous settings.
The remaining variants change the owner and the name of the publication.
You must own the publication to use ALTER PUBLICATION
.
Adding a table to a publication additionally requires owning that table.
To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
owning role. The new owner must have CREATE
privilege on
the database. Also, the new owner of a FOR ALL TABLES
publication must be a superuser. However, a superuser can change the
ownership of a publication regardless of these restrictions.
name
The name of an existing publication whose definition is to be altered.
table_name
Name of an existing table. If ONLY
is specified before the
table name, only that table is affected. If ONLY
is not
specified, the table and all its descendant tables (if any) are
affected. Optionally, *
can be specified after the table
name to explicitly indicate that descendant tables are included.
SET ( publication_parameter
[= value
] [, ... ] )
This clause alters publication parameters originally set by CREATE PUBLICATION. See there for more information.
new_owner
The user name of the new owner of the publication.
new_name
The new name for the publication.
Change the publication to publish only deletes and updates:
ALTER PUBLICATION noinsert SET (publish = 'update, delete');
Add some tables to the publication:
ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication ADD TABLE users, departments;
ALTER PUBLICATION
is a LightDB
extension.