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ALTER TABLE

Name

ALTER TABLE -- 修改表的定义

Synopsis

ALTER TABLE [ ONLY ] name [ * ]
    action [, ... ]
ALTER TABLE [ ONLY ] name [ * ]
    RENAME [ COLUMN ] column TO new_column
ALTER TABLE name
    RENAME TO new_name
ALTER TABLE name
    SET SCHEMA new_schema

where action is one of:

    ADD [ COLUMN ] column type [ column_constraint [ ... ] ]
    DROP [ COLUMN ] [ IF EXISTS ] column [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column [ SET DATA ] TYPE type [ USING expression ]
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET DEFAULT expression
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column DROP DEFAULT
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column { SET | DROP } NOT NULL
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET STATISTICS integer
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET ( attribute_option = value [, ... ] )
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column RESET ( attribute_option [, ... ] )
    ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }
    ADD table_constraint
    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
    DISABLE RULE rewrite_rule_name
    ENABLE RULE rewrite_rule_name
    ENABLE REPLICA RULE rewrite_rule_name
    ENABLE ALWAYS RULE rewrite_rule_name
    CLUSTER ON index_name
    SET WITHOUT CLUSTER
    SET WITH OIDS
    SET WITHOUT OIDS
    SET ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] )
    RESET ( storage_parameter [, ... ] )
    INHERIT parent_table
    NO INHERIT parent_table
    OWNER TO new_owner
    SET TABLESPACE new_tablespace

Description

ALTER TABLE变更一个现存表的定义。它有好几种子形式：

ADD COLUMN

它使用和CREATE TABLE一样的语法向表中增加一个新的字段。

DROP COLUMN [ IF EXISTS ]

它从表中删除一个字段。和这个字段相关的索引和表约束也会被自动删除。 如果任何表之外的对象依赖于这个字段，必须说CASCADE，比如外键参考、视图等等。

SET DATA TYPE