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# alterRole

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleResponse">AlterRoleResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::alterRole </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleRequest">AlterRoleRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Alters a Role. </p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleRequest">AlterRoleRequest</a> &</td>
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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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              <td className="paramname">name</td>
              <td>Name of the role to be altered. Must be an existing role. </td>
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                Modification operation to be applied to the role. Supported values:

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a3ffa1862e6873d815b78b757ce5f5bc9">alter\_role\_set\_comment</a>: Sets the comment for an internal role. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a503f073cf4cf7d2b914c42b2250546b8">alter\_role\_set\_resource\_group</a>: Sets the resource group for an internal role. The resource group must exist, otherwise, an empty string assigns the role to the default resource group. </li>
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              <td>The value of the modification, depending on <span className="em arg">action</span>. </td>
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              <td>Name of the role to be altered. Must be an existing role. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">action</td>

              <td>
                Modification operation to be applied to the role. Supported values:

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                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a3ffa1862e6873d815b78b757ce5f5bc9">alter\_role\_set\_comment</a>: Sets the comment for an internal role. </li>
                  <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a503f073cf4cf7d2b914c42b2250546b8">alter\_role\_set\_resource\_group</a>: Sets the resource group for an internal role. The resource group must exist, otherwise, an empty string assigns the role to the default resource group. </li>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1AlterRoleResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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