Syntax
The syntax to rename a user using the ALTER USER statement in PostgreSQL is:
ALTER USER user_name RENAME TO new_name;
Parameters or Arguments
- user_name
- The name of the user to rename in the PostgreSQL database.
- new_name
- The new name to assign to the user.
Note
- You can not rename the current session user. If you wish to rename the current session user, you will need to logout and then login as a different user to run the ALTER USER statement.
Example
Let's look at how to rename a user in PostgreSQL using the ALTER USER statement.
For example:
ALTER USER techonthenet RENAME TO totn;
In this example, the ALTER USER statement would rename the user called techonthenet to totn in the PostgreSQL database.