ALTER

This box displays a setting that indicates whether the group has the ALTER privilege on tables selected in the Table column. To change the setting, click on the down arrow and select the setting that you want. You can select:

Yes

Grants the ALTER privilege without the Grant option (the right to grant the ALTER privilege on the selected table to other groups and users). If the group already has this privilege with the Grant option, Yes revokes the privilege and re-grants it without the option.

No

Revokes the ALTER privilege.

Grant

Grants the ALTER privilege with the Grant option. If the group already has this privilege, but without the option, Grant provides the option.

The ALTER privilege on a table allows a user to:

• Add columns to the table

• Create or drop a primary key, a check constraint, or a trigger

• Create or drop a foreign key, provided that the user also has the REFERENCES privilege on the parent table

• Add or change a comment on the table

If, at one time, you select tables for which you specified different settings (for example, Yes for one table andNo for the others), the ALTER box is blank. But the settings that you specified remain in effect.

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