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ALTER KEYSPACE

Synopsis

Use the ALTER KEYSPACE statement to change the properties of an existing keyspace.

This statement is supported for compatibility reasons only, and has no effect internally (no-op statement).

The statement can fail if the specified keyspace does not exist or if the user (role) has no permissions for the keyspace ALTER operation.

Syntax

Diagram

alter_keyspace

keyspace_properties

Grammar

alter_keyspace ::= ALTER { KEYSPACE | SCHEMA } keyspace_name
                       [ WITH REPLICATION '=' '{' keyspace_property '}']
                       [ AND DURABLE_WRITES '=' { true | false } ]

keyspace_property ::= property_name = property_value

Where

keyspace_name and property_name are identifiers.
property_value is a literal of either boolean, text, or map data type.

Semantics

An error is raised if the specified keyspace_name does not exist.
An error is raised if the user (used role) has no ALTER permission for this specified keyspace and no ALTER permission for ALL KEYSPACES.
YCQL keyspace properties are supported in the syntax but have no effect internally (where YugabyteDB defaults are used instead).

Examples

ycqlsh> ALTER KEYSPACE example;

ycqlsh> ALTER KEYSPACE example WITH DURABLE_WRITES = true;

ycqlsh> ALTER KEYSPACE example WITH REPLICATION = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': '3'} AND DURABLE_WRITES = true;

ycqlsh> ALTER SCHEMA keyspace_example;

SQL error: Keyspace Not Found.
ALTER SCHEMA keyspace_example;
             ^^^^^^

ycqlsh> ALTER KEYSPACE example;

SQL error: Unauthorized. User test_role has no ALTER permission on <keyspace example> or any of its parents.
ALTER KEYSPACE example;
^^^^^^