ALTER VIEW
Changes properties of a view.
Synopsis
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> ALTER [ COLUMN ] <column_name> SET DEFAULT <expression>
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> ALTER [ COLUMN ] <column_name> DROP DEFAULT
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> OWNER TO { <new_owner> | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> RENAME TO <new_name>
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET SCHEMA <new_schema>
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET ( <view_option_name> [= <view_option_value>] [, ... ] )
ALTER VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> RESET ( <view_option_name> [, ... ] )
Description
ALTER VIEW changes various auxiliary properties of a view. (If you want to modify the view's defining query, use CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW).
You must own the view to use ALTER VIEW. To change a view's schema 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 view's schema. These restrictions enforce that altering the owner does not do anything you could not do by dropping and recreating the view. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any view.
Parameters
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing view.
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. Cloudberry Database issues a notice in this case.
SET/DROP DEFAULT
These forms set or remove the default value for a column. A view column's default value is substituted into any INSERT or UPDATE command whose target is the view, before applying any rules or triggers for the view. The view's default will therefore take precedence over any default values from underlying relations.
new_owner
The user name of the new owner of the view.
new_name
The new name of the view.
new_schema
The new schema for the view.
SET ( view_option_name [= view_option_value] [, ... ] )
RESET ( view_option_name [, ... ] )
Sets or resets a view option. Currently supported options are:
check_option (string)
Changes the check option of the view. The value must be local or cascaded.
security_barrier (boolean)
Changes the security-barrier property of the view. The value must be a Boolean value, such as true or false.
Notes
For historical reasons, ALTER TABLE can be used with views, too; however, the only variants of ALTER TABLE that are allowed with views are equivalent to the statements shown above.
Examples
To rename the view foo to bar:
ALTER VIEW foo RENAME TO bar;
To attach a default column value to an updatable view:
CREATE TABLE base_table (id int, ts timestamptz);
CREATE VIEW a_view AS SELECT * FROM base_table;
ALTER VIEW a_view ALTER COLUMN ts SET DEFAULT now();
INSERT INTO base_table(id) VALUES(1); -- ts will receive a NULL
INSERT INTO a_view(id) VALUES(2); -- ts will receive the current time
Compatibility
ALTER VIEW is a Cloudberry Database extension of the SQL standard.
