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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_policy.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<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>