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<refentry id="sql-alterpolicy">
<indexterm zone="sql-alterpolicy">
<primary>ALTER POLICY</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ALTER POLICY</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ALTER POLICY</refname>
<refpurpose>change the definition of a row-level security policy</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER POLICY <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable class="parameter">new_name</replaceable>
ALTER POLICY <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable>
[ TO { <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> | PUBLIC | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] ]
[ USING ( <replaceable class="parameter">using_expression</replaceable> ) ]
[ WITH CHECK ( <replaceable class="parameter">check_expression</replaceable> ) ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>ALTER POLICY</command> changes the definition of an existing
row-level security policy. Note that <command>ALTER POLICY</command>
only allows the set of roles to which the policy applies and the
<literal>USING</literal> and <literal>WITH CHECK</literal> expressions to
be modified. To change other properties of a policy, such as the command
to which it applies or whether it is permissive or restrictive, the policy
must be dropped and recreated.
</para>
<para>
To use <command>ALTER POLICY</command>, you must own the table that
the policy applies to.
</para>
<para>
In the second form of <command>ALTER POLICY</command>, the role list,
<replaceable class="parameter">using_expression</replaceable>, and
<replaceable class="parameter">check_expression</replaceable> are replaced
independently if specified. When one of those clauses is omitted, the
corresponding part of the policy is unchanged.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing policy to alter.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that the
policy is on.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">new_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new name for the policy.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The role(s) to which the policy applies. Multiple roles can be
specified at one time. To apply the policy to all roles,
use <literal>PUBLIC</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">using_expression</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>USING</literal> expression for the policy.
See <xref linkend="sql-createpolicy"/> for details.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">check_expression</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>WITH CHECK</literal> expression for the policy.
See <xref linkend="sql-createpolicy"/> for details.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
<command>ALTER POLICY</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createpolicy"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-droppolicy"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>