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ALTER FOREIGN TABLE(7)	PostgreSQL 9.5.0 Documentation	ALTER FOREIGN TABLE(7)

NAME
       ALTER_FOREIGN_TABLE - change the definition of a foreign table

SYNOPSIS
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] [ ONLY ] name [ * ]
	   action [, ... ]
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] [ ONLY ] name [ * ]
	   RENAME [ COLUMN ] column_name TO new_column_name
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
	   RENAME TO new_name
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
	   SET SCHEMA new_schema

       where action is one of:

	   ADD [ COLUMN ] column_name data_type [ COLLATE collation ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ]
	   DROP [ COLUMN ] [ IF EXISTS ] column_name [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name [ SET DATA ] TYPE data_type [ COLLATE collation ]
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET DEFAULT expression
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name DROP DEFAULT
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name { SET | DROP } NOT NULL
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET STATISTICS integer
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET ( attribute_option = value [, ... ] )
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name RESET ( attribute_option [, ... ] )
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }
	   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] option ['value'] [, ... ])
	   ADD table_constraint [ NOT VALID ]
	   VALIDATE CONSTRAINT constraint_name
	   DROP CONSTRAINT [ IF EXISTS ]  constraint_name [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
	   DISABLE TRIGGER [ trigger_name | ALL | USER ]
	   ENABLE TRIGGER [ trigger_name | ALL | USER ]
	   ENABLE REPLICA TRIGGER trigger_name
	   ENABLE ALWAYS TRIGGER trigger_name
	   SET WITH OIDS
	   SET WITHOUT OIDS
	   INHERIT parent_table
	   NO INHERIT parent_table
	   OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
	   OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] option ['value'] [, ... ])

DESCRIPTION
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE changes the definition of an existing foreign
       table. There are several subforms:

       ADD COLUMN
	   This form adds a new column to the foreign table, using the same
	   syntax as CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)). Unlike
	   the case when adding a column to a regular table, nothing happens
	   to the underlying storage: this action simply declares that some
	   new column is now accessible through the foreign table.

       DROP COLUMN [ IF EXISTS ]
	   This form drops a column from a foreign table. You will need to say
	   CASCADE if anything outside the table depends on the column; for
	   example, views. If IF EXISTS is specified and the column does not
	   exist, no error is thrown. In this case a notice is issued instead.

       SET DATA TYPE
	   This form changes the type of a column of a foreign table. Again,
	   this has no effect on any underlying storage: this action simply
	   changes the type that PostgreSQL believes the column to have.

       SET/DROP DEFAULT
	   These forms set or remove the default value for a column. Default
	   values only apply in subsequent INSERT or UPDATE commands; they do
	   not cause rows already in the table to change.

       SET/DROP NOT NULL
	   Mark a column as allowing, or not allowing, null values.

       SET STATISTICS
	   This form sets the per-column statistics-gathering target for
	   subsequent ANALYZE(7) operations. See the similar form of ALTER
	   TABLE (ALTER_TABLE(7)) for more details.

       SET ( attribute_option = value [, ... ] )
       RESET ( attribute_option [, ... ] )
	   This form sets or resets per-attribute options. See the similar
	   form of ALTER TABLE (ALTER_TABLE(7)) for more details.

       SET STORAGE
	   This form sets the storage mode for a column. See the similar form
	   of ALTER TABLE (ALTER_TABLE(7)) for more details. Note that the
	   storage mode has no effect unless the table's foreign-data wrapper
	   chooses to pay attention to it.

       ADD table_constraint [ NOT VALID ]
	   This form adds a new constraint to a foreign table, using the same
	   syntax as CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)). Currently
	   only CHECK constraints are supported.

	   Unlike the case when adding a constraint to a regular table,
	   nothing is done to verify the constraint is correct; rather, this
	   action simply declares that some new condition should be assumed to
	   hold for all rows in the foreign table. (See the discussion in
	   CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)).) If the constraint
	   is marked NOT VALID, then it isn't assumed to hold, but is only
	   recorded for possible future use.

       VALIDATE CONSTRAINT
	   This form marks as valid a constraint that was previously marked as
	   NOT VALID. No action is taken to verify the constraint, but future
	   queries will assume that it holds.

       DROP CONSTRAINT [ IF EXISTS ]
	   This form drops the specified constraint on a foreign table. If IF
	   EXISTS is specified and the constraint does not exist, no error is
	   thrown. In this case a notice is issued instead.

       DISABLE/ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ] TRIGGER
	   These forms configure the firing of trigger(s) belonging to the
	   foreign table. See the similar form of ALTER TABLE (ALTER_TABLE(7))
	   for more details.

       SET WITH OIDS
	   This form adds an oid system column to the table (see Section 5.4,
	   “System Columns”, in the documentation). It does nothing if the
	   table already has OIDs. Unless the table's foreign-data wrapper
	   supports OIDs, this column will simply read as zeroes.

	   Note that this is not equivalent to ADD COLUMN oid oid; that would
	   add a normal column that happened to be named oid, not a system
	   column.

       SET WITHOUT OIDS
	   This form removes the oid system column from the table. This is
	   exactly equivalent to DROP COLUMN oid RESTRICT, except that it will
	   not complain if there is already no oid column.

       INHERIT parent_table
	   This form adds the target foreign table as a new child of the
	   specified parent table. See the similar form of ALTER TABLE
	   (ALTER_TABLE(7)) for more details.

       NO INHERIT parent_table
	   This form removes the target foreign table from the list of
	   children of the specified parent table.

       OWNER
	   This form changes the owner of the foreign table to the specified
	   user.

       OPTIONS ( [ ADD | SET | DROP ] option ['value'] [, ... ] )
	   Change options for the foreign table or one of its columns.	ADD,
	   SET, and DROP specify the action to be performed.  ADD is assumed
	   if no operation is explicitly specified. Duplicate option names are
	   not allowed (although it's OK for a table option and a column
	   option to have the same name). Option names and values are also
	   validated using the foreign data wrapper library.

       RENAME
	   The RENAME forms change the name of a foreign table or the name of
	   an individual column in a foreign table.

       SET SCHEMA
	   This form moves the foreign table into another schema.

       All the actions except RENAME and SET SCHEMA can be combined into a
       list of multiple alterations to apply in parallel. For example, it is
       possible to add several columns and/or alter the type of several
       columns in a single command.

       If the command is written as ALTER FOREIGN TABLE IF EXISTS ...  and the
       foreign table does not exist, no error is thrown. A notice is issued in
       this case.

       You must own the table to use ALTER FOREIGN TABLE. To change the schema
       of a foreign table, you must also have CREATE privilege on the new
       schema. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect
       member of the new owning role, and that role must have CREATE privilege
       on the table's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the
       owner doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating
       the table. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any table
       anyway.) To add a column or alter a column type, you must also have
       USAGE privilege on the data type.

PARAMETERS
       name
	   The name (possibly schema-qualified) of an existing foreign table
	   to alter. If ONLY is specified before the table name, only that
	   table is altered. If ONLY is not specified, the table and all its
	   descendant tables (if any) are altered. Optionally, * can be
	   specified after the table name to explicitly indicate that
	   descendant tables are included.

       column_name
	   Name of a new or existing column.

       new_column_name
	   New name for an existing column.

       new_name
	   New name for the table.

       data_type
	   Data type of the new column, or new data type for an existing
	   column.

       table_constraint
	   New table constraint for the foreign table.

       constraint_name
	   Name of an existing constraint to drop.

       CASCADE
	   Automatically drop objects that depend on the dropped column or
	   constraint (for example, views referencing the column).

       RESTRICT
	   Refuse to drop the column or constraint if there are any dependent
	   objects. This is the default behavior.

       trigger_name
	   Name of a single trigger to disable or enable.

       ALL
	   Disable or enable all triggers belonging to the foreign table.
	   (This requires superuser privilege if any of the triggers are
	   internally generated triggers. The core system does not add such
	   triggers to foreign tables, but add-on code could do so.)

       USER
	   Disable or enable all triggers belonging to the foreign table
	   except for internally generated triggers.

       parent_table
	   A parent table to associate or de-associate with this foreign
	   table.

       new_owner
	   The user name of the new owner of the table.

       new_schema
	   The name of the schema to which the table will be moved.

NOTES
       The key word COLUMN is noise and can be omitted.

       Consistency with the foreign server is not checked when a column is
       added or removed with ADD COLUMN or DROP COLUMN, a NOT NULL or CHECK
       constraint is added, or a column type is changed with SET DATA TYPE. It
       is the user's responsibility to ensure that the table definition
       matches the remote side.

       Refer to CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)) for a further
       description of valid parameters.

EXAMPLES
       To mark a column as not-null:

	   ALTER FOREIGN TABLE distributors ALTER COLUMN street SET NOT NULL;

       To change options of a foreign table:

	   ALTER FOREIGN TABLE myschema.distributors OPTIONS (ADD opt1 'value', SET opt2 'value2', DROP opt3 'value3');

COMPATIBILITY
       The forms ADD, DROP, and SET DATA TYPE conform with the SQL standard.
       The other forms are PostgreSQL extensions of the SQL standard. Also,
       the ability to specify more than one manipulation in a single ALTER
       FOREIGN TABLE command is an extension.

       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE DROP COLUMN can be used to drop the only column of
       a foreign table, leaving a zero-column table. This is an extension of
       SQL, which disallows zero-column foreign tables.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)), DROP FOREIGN TABLE
       (DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE(7))

PostgreSQL 9.5.0		     2016		ALTER FOREIGN TABLE(7)
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