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ALTER
NAME
  ALTER GROUP - change a user group

SYNOPSIS
  ALTER GROUP groupname ADD USER username [, ... ]
  ALTER GROUP groupname DROP USER username [, ... ]

  ALTER GROUP groupname RENAME TO newname

DESCRIPTION
  ALTER GROUP is used to change a user group. The first two variants add or
  remove users from a group. Only database superusers can use this command.
  Adding a user to a group does not create the user. Similarly, removing a
  user from a group does not drop the user itself.

  The third variant changes the name of the group. Only a database superuser
  can rename groups.

PARAMETERS
  groupname
       The name of the group to modify.

  username
       Users which are to be added or removed from the group. The users must
       exist.

  newname
       The new name of the group.

EXAMPLES
  Add users to a group:

  ALTER GROUP staff ADD USER karl, john;

  Remove a user from a group:

  ALTER GROUP workers DROP USER beth;

COMPATIBILITY
  There is no ALTER GROUP statement in the SQL standard. The concept of roles
  is similar.

SEE ALSO
  CREATE GROUP [create_group(5)], DROP GROUP [drop_group(l)]

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