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ALTER
NAME
  ALTER DATABASE - change a database

SYNOPSIS
  ALTER DATABASE name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]

  where option can be:

      CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit

  ALTER DATABASE name SET parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
  ALTER DATABASE name RESET parameter

  ALTER DATABASE name RENAME TO newname

  ALTER DATABASE name OWNER TO new_owner

DESCRIPTION
  ALTER DATABASE changes the attributes of a database.

  The first form changes certain per-database settings. (See below for
  details.) Only the database owner or a superuser can change these settings.

  The second and third forms change the session default for a run-time
  configuration variable for a PostgreSQL database. Whenever a new session is
  subsequently started in that database, the specified value becomes the
  session default value.  The database-specific default overrides whatever
  setting is present in postgresql.conf or has been received from the
  postgres command line. Only the database owner or a superuser can change
  the session defaults for a database. Certain variables cannot be set this
  way, or can only be set by a superuser.

  The fourth form changes the name of the database. Only the database owner
  or a superuser can rename a database; non-superuser owners must also have
  the CREATEDB privilege. The current database cannot be renamed. (Connect to
  a different database if you need to do that.)

  The fifth form changes the owner of the database.  To alter the owner, you
  must own the database and also be a direct or indirect member of the new
  owning role, and you must have the CREATEDB privilege.  (Note that
  superusers have all these privileges automatically.)

PARAMETERS
  name The name of the database whose attributes are to be altered.

  connlimit
       How many concurrent connections can be made to this database. -1 means
       no limit.

  parameter

  value
       Set this database's session default for the specified configuration
       parameter to the given value. If value is DEFAULT or, equivalently,
       RESET is used, the database-specific setting is removed, so the
       system-wide default setting will be inherited in new sessions. Use
       RESET ALL to clear all database-specific settings.

       See SET [set(5)] and in the documentation for more information about
       allowed parameter names and values.

  newname
       The new name of the database.

  new_owner
       The new owner of the database.

NOTES
  It is also possible to tie a session default to a specific user rather than
  to a database; see ALTER USER [alter_user(5)].  User-specific settings
  override database-specific ones if there is a conflict.

EXAMPLES
  To disable index scans by default in the database test:

  ALTER DATABASE test SET enable_indexscan TO off;

COMPATIBILITY
  The ALTER DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
  CREATE DATABASE [create_database(5)], DROP DATABASE [drop_database(l)], SET
  [set(l)]

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