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Corrections to ALTER FOREIGN TABLE documentation. 

Shigeru Hanada, with a minor grammar correction.
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Robert Haas 2011-06-12 00:18:43 -04:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_foreign_table.sgml
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ALTER FOREIGN TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<phrase>where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
ADD [ COLUMN ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable>
ADD [ COLUMN ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable> [ NULL | NOT NULL ]
DROP [ COLUMN ] [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
ALTER [ COLUMN ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> [ SET DATA ] TYPE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable>
ALTER [ COLUMN ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> { SET | DROP } NOT NULL
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ ALTER FOREIGN TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<term><literal>OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> ['<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>'] [, ... ] )</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Change options for the foreign table or the column of the foreign table.
Change options for the foreign table.
<literal>ADD</>, <literal>SET</>, and <literal>DROP</>
specify the action to be performed. <literal>ADD</> is assumed
if no operation is explicitly specified. Option names must be
@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ ALTER FOREIGN TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
You must own the table to use <command>ALTER FOREIGN TABLE</>.
To change the schema of a foreign table, you must also have
<literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on the new schema.
To add the table as a new child of a parent table, you must own the
parent table as well.
To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
owning role, and that role must have <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on
the table's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
@ -260,12 +258,11 @@ ALTER FOREIGN TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</para>
<para>
Consistency with the foreign server is not checked when a column is
added or removed with <literal>ADD COLUMN</literal> or
<literal>DROP COLUMN</literal>, a system <literal>oid</> column is added
or removed, a <literal>CHECK</> or <literal>NOT NULL</> constraint is
added, or column type is changed with <literal>SET DATA TYPE</>. It is the
user's responsibility to ensure that the table definition matches the
Consistency with the foreign server is not checked when a column is added
or removed with <literal>ADD COLUMN</literal> or
<literal>DROP COLUMN</literal>, a <literal>NOT NULL</> constraint is
added, or a column type is changed with <literal>SET DATA TYPE</>. It is
the user's responsibility to ensure that the table definition matches the
remote side.
</para>