ALTER

This box displays a setting that indicates whether the group referenced on the Database page 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).

No

Initially means that the group referenced on the Database page doesn't have the ALTER privilege on the selected table or tables. To cancel a request for the ALTER privilege on a table, select the table and change the setting from Yes or Grant to No.

Grant

Grants the ALTER privilege with the Grant 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 you select multiple 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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