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<refentry id="sql-alterpublication">
<indexterm zone="sql-alterpublication">
<primary>ALTER PUBLICATION</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ALTER PUBLICATION</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ALTER PUBLICATION</refname>
<refpurpose>change the definition of a publication</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ADD <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> SET <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> DROP <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> SET ( <replaceable class="parameter">publication_parameter</replaceable> [= <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>] [, ... ] )
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> OWNER TO { <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>new_name</replaceable>
<phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ] [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] [ WHERE ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) ] [, ... ]
TABLES IN SCHEMA { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [, ... ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The command <command>ALTER PUBLICATION</command> can change the attributes
of a publication.
</para>
<para>
The first three variants change which tables/schemas are part of the
publication. The <literal>SET</literal> clause will replace the list of
tables/schemas in the publication with the specified list; the existing
tables/schemas that were present in the publication will be removed. The
<literal>ADD</literal> and <literal>DROP</literal> clauses will add and
remove one or more tables/schemas from the publication. Note that adding
tables/schemas to a publication that is already subscribed to will require an
<link linkend="sql-altersubscription-params-refresh-publication">
<literal>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH PUBLICATION</literal></link> action on the
subscribing side in order to become effective. Note also that
<literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> will not drop any schema tables
that were specified using
<link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-table"><literal>FOR TABLE</literal></link>/
<literal>ADD TABLE</literal>, and the combination of <literal>DROP</literal>
with a <literal>WHERE</literal> clause is not allowed.
</para>
<para>
The fourth variant of this command listed in the synopsis can change
all of the publication properties specified in
<xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/>. Properties not mentioned in the
command retain their previous settings.
</para>
<para>
The remaining variants change the owner and the name of the publication.
</para>
<para>
You must own the publication to use <command>ALTER PUBLICATION</command>.
Adding a table to a publication additionally requires owning that table.
The <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> and
<literal>SET TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> to a publication requires the
invoking user to be a superuser.
To alter the owner, you must be able to <literal>SET ROLE</literal> to the
new owning role, and that role must have <literal>CREATE</literal>
privilege on the database.
Also, the new owner of a
<link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-all-tables"><literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal></link>
or <link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-tables-in-schema"><literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal></link>
publication must be a superuser. However, a superuser can
change the ownership of a publication regardless of these restrictions.
</para>
<para>
Adding/Setting any schema when the publication also publishes a table with a
column list, and vice versa is not supported.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing publication whose definition is to be altered.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of an existing table. If <literal>ONLY</literal> is specified before the
table name, only that table is affected. If <literal>ONLY</literal> is not
specified, the table and all its descendant tables (if any) are
affected. Optionally, <literal>*</literal> can be specified after the table
name to explicitly indicate that descendant tables are included.
</para>
<para>
Optionally, a column list can be specified. See <xref
linkend="sql-createpublication"/> for details. Note that a subscription
having several publications in which the same table has been published
with different column lists is not supported. See
<xref linkend="logical-replication-col-list-combining"/> for details of
potential problems when altering column lists.
</para>
<para>
If the optional <literal>WHERE</literal> clause is specified, rows for
which the <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>
evaluates to false or null will not be published. Note that parentheses
are required around the expression. The
<replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> is evaluated with
the role used for the replication connection.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of an existing schema.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>SET ( <replaceable class="parameter">publication_parameter</replaceable> [= <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>] [, ... ] )</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This clause alters publication parameters originally set by
<xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/>. See there for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">new_owner</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The user name of the new owner of the publication.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">new_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new name for the publication.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
Change the publication to publish only deletes and updates:
<programlisting>
ALTER PUBLICATION noinsert SET (publish = 'update, delete');
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Add some tables to the publication:
<programlisting>
ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication ADD TABLE users (user_id, firstname), departments;
</programlisting></para>
<para>
Change the set of columns published for a table:
<programlisting>
ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication SET TABLE users (user_id, firstname, lastname), TABLE departments;
</programlisting></para>
<para>
Add schemas <structname>marketing</structname> and
<structname>sales</structname> to the publication
<structname>sales_publication</structname>:
<programlisting>
ALTER PUBLICATION sales_publication ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA marketing, sales;
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Add tables <structname>users</structname>,
<structname>departments</structname> and schema
<structname>production</structname> to the publication
<structname>production_publication</structname>:
<programlisting>
ALTER PUBLICATION production_publication ADD TABLE users, departments, TABLES IN SCHEMA production;
</programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
<command>ALTER PUBLICATION</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
extension.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-droppublication"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createsubscription"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-altersubscription"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>