ALTER PUBLICATION — change the definition of a publication
ALTER PUBLICATIONname
ADD TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
SET TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
DROP TABLE [ ONLY ]table_name
[ * ] [, ...] ALTER PUBLICATIONname
SET (publication_parameter
[=value
] [, ... ] ) ALTER PUBLICATIONname
OWNER TO {new_owner
| CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } ALTER PUBLICATIONname
RENAME TOnew_name
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.
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.
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;
ALTER PUBLICATION
is a PostgreSQL
extension.