REVOKE (table)

Revokes table privileges from users and roles.

Syntax

REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ] { privilege[,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
   ON {
     [ TABLE ] [[{namespace. | database. }]schema.]table[,...]
     | ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA [database.]schema[,...] }
   FROM grantee[,...]
   [ CASCADE ]

Parameters

GRANT OPTION FOR

Revokes the grant option for the specified privileges. Current privileges for grantees remain unaffected. If you omit this clause, Vertica revokes both the grant option and current privileges.

privilege

One of the following privileges:

• SELECT: Query tables. SELECT privileges are granted by default to the PUBLIC role.

• INSERT: Insert table rows with INSERT, and load data with COPY.

  Note

  COPY FROM STDIN is allowed for users with INSERT privileges, while COPY FROM file requires admin privileges.

• UPDATE: Update table rows.

• DELETE: Delete table rows.

• REFERENCES: Create foreign key constraints on this table. This privilege must be set on both referencing and referenced tables.

• TRUNCATE: Truncate table contents. Non-owners of tables can also execute the following partition operations on them:

  • DROP_PARTITIONS
  • SWAP_PARTITIONS_BETWEEN_TABLES
  • MOVE_PARTITIONS_TO_TABLE

• ALTER: Modify a table's DDL with ALTER TABLE.

• DROP: Drop a table.

ALL [PRIVILEGES]

Revokes all table privileges that also belong to the revoker. Users cannot revoke privileges that they themselves lack.

The optional keyword PRIVILEGES is supported to comply with the SQL standard.

{ database | namespace }

Name of the database or namespace that contains table:

• Database name: If specified, it must be the current database.

• Namespace name (Eon Mode only): You must specify the namespace of objects in non-default namespaces. If no namespace is provided, Vertica assumes the object is in the default namespace.

schema

Name of the schema, by default public. If you specify the namespace or database name, you must provide the schema name, even if the schema is public.

If you specify a schema name that contains a period, the part before the period cannot be the same as the name of an existing namespace.

TABLE table

Specifies the table on which to revoke privileges.

ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA schema

Revokes the specified privileges on all tables and views in schema schema.

grantee

Whose privileges are revoked, one of the following:

• User name

• Role

• PUBLIC: The default role of all users

CASCADE

Revoke privileges from users who received them from the grantee through WITH GRANT OPTION.

Privileges

Non-superuser, one of the following:

• Ownership

• GRANT OPTION on the object

Examples

Revoke user Joe's privileges on table customer_dimension.

=> REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON TABLE customer_dimension FROM Joe;
REVOKE PRIVILEGE

See also

• GRANT (table)
• Granting and revoking privileges