ALTER PUBLICATION

ALTER PUBLICATION
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ALTER PUBLICATION — change the definition of a publication

Synopsis

ALTER PUBLICATION name ADD TABLE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION name SET TABLE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION name DROP TABLE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [, ...]
ALTER PUBLICATION name SET ( publication_parameter [= value] [, ... ] )
ALTER PUBLICATION name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER PUBLICATION name RENAME TO new_name

Description

The first 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.

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 while circumventing these restrictions.

The other variants of this command deal with the table membership 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 will add and remove one or more tables from the publication.

Parameters

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.

Examples

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;

Compatibility

ALTER PUBLICATION is a PostgreSQL extension.