NAME

       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_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
       ALTER PUBLICATION name RENAME TO new_name

DESCRIPTION

       The command ALTER PUBLICATION can change the attributes of a publication.

       The first three variants change which tables are part 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 clauses will add and remove one or more tables from the publication.
       Note that adding tables to a publication that is already subscribed to will require a
       ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH PUBLICATION action on the subscribing side in order to
       become effective.

       The fourth variant of this command listed in the synopsis can change all of the
       publication properties specified in CREATE PUBLICATION (CREATE_PUBLICATION(7)). Properties
       not mentioned in the command retain their previous settings.

       The remaining variants change the owner and the name of the publication.

       You must own the publication to use ALTER PUBLICATION. Adding a table to a publication
       additionally requires owning that table. 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 regardless of these
       restrictions.

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
           (CREATE_PUBLICATION(7)). 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.

SEE ALSO

       CREATE PUBLICATION (CREATE_PUBLICATION(7)), DROP PUBLICATION (DROP_PUBLICATION(7)), CREATE
       SUBSCRIPTION (CREATE_SUBSCRIPTION(7)), ALTER SUBSCRIPTION (ALTER_SUBSCRIPTION(7))