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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-01-06 00:31:45 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-01-06 00:31:45 +0000
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ALTER DOMAIN OWNER, from Rod Taylor.
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml
index 4735d424059..fdbf08e6d48 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml,v 1.6 2002/12/06 16:40:13 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml,v 1.7 2003/01/06 00:31:44 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain_constraint</replaceable>
ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
DROP CONSTRAINT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable> [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
+ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
+ OWNER TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-ALTERDOMAIN-1">
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
<term>CASCADE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Automatically drop objects that depend constraint.
+ Automatically drop objects that depend on the constraint.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -88,6 +90,15 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The user name of the new owner of the domain.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
@@ -141,9 +152,9 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
<term>SET/DROP DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- These forms set or remove the default value for a column. Note
+ These forms set or remove the default value for a domain. Note
that defaults only apply to subsequent <command>INSERT</command>
- commands; they do not cause rows already in a table using the domain.
+ commands; they do not affect rows already in a table using the domain.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -154,8 +165,7 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
<para>
These forms change whether a domain is marked to allow NULL
values or to reject NULL values. You may only <literal>SET NOT NULL</>
- when the tables using the domain contain no null values in the domain
- based column.
+ when the columns using the domain contain no null values.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -164,8 +174,10 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
<term>ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain_constraint</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This form adds a new constraint to a table using the same syntax as
- <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN" endterm="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN-TITLE">.
+ This form adds a new constraint to a domain using the same syntax as
+ <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN" endterm="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN-TITLE">.
+ This will only succeed if all columns using the domain satisfy the
+ new constraint.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -179,11 +191,19 @@ ALTER DOMAIN <replaceable class="PARAMETER">domain</replaceable>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>OWNER</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This form changes the owner of the domain to the specified user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
You must own the domain to use <command>ALTER DOMAIN</>; except for
- <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</>, which may only be executed by a superuser.
+ <command>ALTER DOMAIN OWNER</>, which may only be executed by a superuser.
</para>
</refsect1>