ALTER TYPE

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New in v20.2: The ALTER TYPE statement modifies a user-defined, enumerated data type in the current database.

Note:

You can only reference a user-defined type from the database that contains the type.

Synopsis

ALTER TYPE type_name ADD VALUE IF NOT EXISTS value BEFORE AFTER value RENAME VALUE value TO value TO name SET SCHEMA schema_name OWNER TO role_spec

Parameters

Parameter Description
type_name The name of the user-defined type.
ADD VALUE value Add a constant value to the user-defined type's list of values. You can optionally specify BEFORE value or AFTER value to add the value in sort order relative to an existing value.
RENAME TO name Rename the user-defined type.
RENAME VALUE value TO value Rename a constant value in the user-defined type's list of values.
SET SCHEMA Set the schema of the user-defined type.
OWNER TO Change the role specification for the user-defined type's owner.

Required privileges

  • To alter a type, the user must be the owner of the type.
  • To set the schema of a user-defined type, the user must have the CREATE privilege on the schema and the DROP privilege on the type.
  • To alter the owner of a user-defined type:
    • The user executing the command must be a member of the new owner role.
    • The new owner role must have the CREATE privilege on the schema the type belongs to.

Example

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> CREATE TYPE status AS ENUM ('open', 'closed', 'inactive');
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> SHOW ENUMS;
  schema |  name  |        value
---------+--------+-----------------------
  public | status | open|closed|inactive
(1 row)
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> ALTER TYPE status ADD VALUE 'pending';
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> ALTER TYPE status RENAME VALUE 'open' TO 'active';
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> ALTER TYPE status RENAME TO account_status;
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> SHOW ENUMS;
  schema |      name      |             value
---------+----------------+---------------------------------
  public | account_status | active|closed|inactive|pending
(1 row)

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