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3 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> CONNECTION '<em class="replaceable"><code>conninfo</code></em>'
4 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> SET PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em> [, ...] [ WITH ( <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_option</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] ) ]
5 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ADD PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em> [, ...] [ WITH ( <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_option</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] ) ]
6 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> DROP PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em> [, ...] [ WITH ( <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_option</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] ) ]
7 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> REFRESH PUBLICATION [ WITH ( <em class="replaceable"><code>refresh_option</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] ) ]
8 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ENABLE
9 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> DISABLE
10 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> SET ( <em class="replaceable"><code>subscription_parameter</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] )
11 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> SKIP ( <em class="replaceable"><code>skip_option</code></em> = <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> )
12 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> OWNER TO { <em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
13 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> RENAME TO <em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em>
14 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.33.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
15 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION</code> can change most of the subscription
16 properties that can be specified
17 in <a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>.
19 You must own the subscription to use <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION</code>.
20 To rename a subscription or alter the owner, you must have
21 <code class="literal">CREATE</code> permission on the database. In addition,
22 to alter the owner, you must be able to <code class="literal">SET ROLE</code> to the
23 new owning role. If the subscription has
24 <code class="literal">password_required=false</code>, only superusers can modify it.
26 When refreshing a publication we remove the relations that are no longer
27 part of the publication and we also remove the table synchronization slots
28 if there are any. It is necessary to remove these slots so that the resources
29 allocated for the subscription on the remote host are released. If due to
30 network breakdown or some other error, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
31 is unable to remove the slots, an error will be reported. To proceed in this
32 situation, the user either needs to retry the operation or disassociate the
33 slot from the subscription and drop the subscription as explained in
34 <a class="xref" href="sql-dropsubscription.html" title="DROP SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>.
36 Commands <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH PUBLICATION</code>,
37 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... {SET|ADD|DROP} PUBLICATION ...</code>
38 with <code class="literal">refresh</code> option as <code class="literal">true</code>,
39 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (failover = true|false)</code> and
40 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (two_phase = false)</code>
41 cannot be executed inside a transaction block.
43 Commands <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH PUBLICATION</code> and
44 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... {SET|ADD|DROP} PUBLICATION ...</code>
45 with <code class="literal">refresh</code> option as <code class="literal">true</code> also cannot
46 be executed when the subscription has
47 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
48 commit enabled, unless
49 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-COPY-DATA"><code class="literal">copy_data</code></a>
50 is <code class="literal">false</code>. See column <code class="structfield">subtwophasestate</code>
51 of <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-subscription.html" title="52.54. pg_subscription"><code class="structname">pg_subscription</code></a>
52 to know the actual two-phase state.
53 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.33.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NAME"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
54 The name of a subscription whose properties are to be altered.
55 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-CONNECTION"><span class="term"><code class="literal">CONNECTION '<em class="replaceable"><code>conninfo</code></em>'</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-CONNECTION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
56 This clause replaces the connection string originally set by
57 <a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>. See there for more
59 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SETADDDROP-PUBLICATION"><span class="term"><code class="literal">SET PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">ADD PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">DROP PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_name</code></em></code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SETADDDROP-PUBLICATION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
60 These forms change the list of subscribed publications.
61 <code class="literal">SET</code>
62 replaces the entire list of publications with a new list,
63 <code class="literal">ADD</code> adds additional publications to the list of
64 publications, and <code class="literal">DROP</code> removes the publications from
65 the list of publications. We allow non-existent publications to be
66 specified in <code class="literal">ADD</code> and <code class="literal">SET</code> variants
67 so that users can add those later. See <a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>
68 for more information. By default, this command will also act like
69 <code class="literal">REFRESH PUBLICATION</code>.
71 <em class="replaceable"><code>publication_option</code></em> specifies additional
72 options for this operation. The supported options are:
74 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">refresh</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)</span></dt><dd><p>
75 When false, the command will not try to refresh table information.
76 <code class="literal">REFRESH PUBLICATION</code> should then be executed separately.
77 The default is <code class="literal">true</code>.
78 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
80 Additionally, the options described under
81 <code class="literal">REFRESH PUBLICATION</code> may be specified, to control the
82 implicit refresh operation.
83 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-REFRESH-PUBLICATION"><span class="term"><code class="literal">REFRESH PUBLICATION</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-REFRESH-PUBLICATION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
84 Fetch missing table information from publisher. This will start
85 replication of tables that were added to the subscribed-to publications
86 since <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION">
87 <code class="command">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</code></a> or
88 the last invocation of <code class="command">REFRESH PUBLICATION</code>.
90 <em class="replaceable"><code>refresh_option</code></em> specifies additional options for the
91 refresh operation. The supported options are:
93 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">copy_data</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)</span></dt><dd><p>
94 Specifies whether to copy pre-existing data in the publications
95 that are being subscribed to when the replication starts.
96 The default is <code class="literal">true</code>.
98 Previously subscribed tables are not copied, even if a table's row
99 filter <code class="literal">WHERE</code> clause has since been modified.
101 See <a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-NOTES" title="Notes">Notes</a> for details of
102 how <code class="literal">copy_data = true</code> can interact with the
103 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-ORIGIN"><code class="literal">origin</code></a>
107 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-BINARY"><code class="literal">binary</code></a>
108 parameter of <code class="command">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</code> for details about
109 copying pre-existing data in binary format.
110 </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-ENABLE"><span class="term"><code class="literal">ENABLE</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-ENABLE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
111 Enables a previously disabled subscription, starting the logical
112 replication worker at the end of the transaction.
113 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-DISABLE"><span class="term"><code class="literal">DISABLE</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-DISABLE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
114 Disables a running subscription, stopping the logical replication
115 worker at the end of the transaction.
116 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SET"><span class="term"><code class="literal">SET ( <em class="replaceable"><code>subscription_parameter</code></em> [= <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>] [, ... ] )</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SET" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
117 This clause alters parameters originally set by
118 <a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>. See there for more
119 information. The parameters that can be altered are
120 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-SLOT-NAME"><code class="literal">slot_name</code></a>,
121 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-SYNCHRONOUS-COMMIT"><code class="literal">synchronous_commit</code></a>,
122 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-BINARY"><code class="literal">binary</code></a>,
123 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-STREAMING"><code class="literal">streaming</code></a>,
124 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-DISABLE-ON-ERROR"><code class="literal">disable_on_error</code></a>,
125 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-PASSWORD-REQUIRED"><code class="literal">password_required</code></a>,
126 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-RUN-AS-OWNER"><code class="literal">run_as_owner</code></a>,
127 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-ORIGIN"><code class="literal">origin</code></a>,
128 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-FAILOVER"><code class="literal">failover</code></a>, and
129 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>.
130 Only a superuser can set <code class="literal">password_required = false</code>.
133 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-SLOT-NAME"><code class="literal">slot_name</code></a>,
134 the <code class="literal">failover</code> and <code class="literal">two_phase</code> property
135 values of the named slot may differ from the counterpart
136 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-FAILOVER"><code class="literal">failover</code></a>
137 and <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
138 parameters specified in the subscription. When creating the slot, ensure
139 the slot properties <code class="literal">failover</code> and <code class="literal">two_phase</code>
140 match their counterpart parameters of the subscription.
141 Otherwise, the slot on the publisher may behave differently from what these
142 subscription options say: for example, the slot on the publisher could either be
143 synced to the standbys even when the subscription's
144 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-FAILOVER"><code class="literal">failover</code></a>
145 option is disabled or could be disabled for sync
146 even when the subscription's
147 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-FAILOVER"><code class="literal">failover</code></a>
150 The <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-FAILOVER"><code class="literal">failover</code></a>
151 and <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
152 parameters can only be altered when the subscription is disabled.
154 When altering <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
155 from <code class="literal">true</code> to <code class="literal">false</code>, the backend
156 process reports an error if any prepared transactions done by the
157 logical replication worker (from when <code class="literal">two_phase</code>
158 parameter was still <code class="literal">true</code>) are found. You can resolve
159 prepared transactions on the publisher node, or manually roll back them
160 on the subscriber, and then try again. The transactions prepared by
161 logical replication worker corresponding to a particular subscription have
162 the following pattern: <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">pg_gid_%u_%u</code></span>”</span>
163 (parameters: subscription <em class="parameter"><code>oid</code></em>, remote transaction id <em class="parameter"><code>xid</code></em>).
164 To resolve such transactions manually, you need to roll back all
165 the prepared transactions with corresponding subscription IDs in their
166 names. Applications can check
167 <a class="link" href="view-pg-prepared-xacts.html" title="53.17. pg_prepared_xacts"><code class="structname">pg_prepared_xacts</code></a>
168 to find the required prepared transactions. After the <code class="literal">two_phase</code>
169 option is changed from <code class="literal">true</code> to <code class="literal">false</code>,
170 the publisher will replicate the transactions again when they are committed.
171 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SKIP"><span class="term"><code class="literal">SKIP ( <em class="replaceable"><code>skip_option</code></em> = <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> )</code></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SKIP" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
172 Skips applying all changes of the remote transaction. If incoming data
173 violates any constraints, logical replication will stop until it is
174 resolved. By using the <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SKIP</code> command,
175 the logical replication worker skips all data modification changes within
176 the transaction. This option has no effect on the transactions that are
177 already prepared by enabling
178 <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
180 After the logical replication worker successfully skips the transaction or
181 finishes a transaction, the LSN (stored in
182 <code class="structname">pg_subscription</code>.<code class="structfield">subskiplsn</code>)
183 is cleared. See <a class="xref" href="logical-replication-conflicts.html" title="29.7. Conflicts">Section 29.7</a> for
184 the details of logical replication conflicts.
186 <em class="replaceable"><code>skip_option</code></em> specifies options for this operation.
187 The supported option is:
189 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">lsn</code> (<code class="type">pg_lsn</code>)</span></dt><dd><p>
190 Specifies the finish LSN of the remote transaction whose changes
191 are to be skipped by the logical replication worker. The finish LSN
192 is the LSN at which the transaction is either committed or prepared.
193 Skipping individual subtransactions is not supported. Setting
194 <code class="literal">NONE</code> resets the LSN.
195 </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NEW-OWNER"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NEW-OWNER" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
196 The user name of the new owner of the subscription.
197 </p></dd><dt id="SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NEW-NAME"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em></span> <a href="#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-NEW-NAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
198 The new name for the subscription.
199 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
200 When specifying a parameter of type <code class="type">boolean</code>, the
201 <code class="literal">=</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>
202 part can be omitted, which is equivalent to
203 specifying <code class="literal">TRUE</code>.
204 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.33.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
205 Change the publication subscribed by a subscription to
206 <code class="literal">insert_only</code>:
207 </p><pre class="programlisting">
208 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION mysub SET PUBLICATION insert_only;
211 Disable (stop) the subscription:
212 </p><pre class="programlisting">
213 ALTER SUBSCRIPTION mysub DISABLE;
214 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.33.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
215 <code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION</code> is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
217 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.33.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-dropsubscription.html" title="DROP SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-createpublication.html" title="CREATE PUBLICATION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE PUBLICATION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alterpublication.html" title="ALTER PUBLICATION"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER PUBLICATION</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-alterstatistics.html" title="ALTER STATISTICS">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-altersystem.html" title="ALTER SYSTEM">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ALTER STATISTICS </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ALTER SYSTEM</td></tr></table></div></body></html>