ALTER CREDENTIAL

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above Unity Catalog only

Renames a credential.

Syntax

ALTER [ STORAGE | SERVICE ] CREDENTIAL credential_name
  { RENAME TO to_credential_name |
    [ SET ] OWNER TO principal }

Parameters

• [ STORAGE | SERVICE ] credential_name

  Identifies the credential being altered. The keywords STORAGE and SERVICE ( Databricks Runtime 15.4 and above) are optional.

• RENAME TO to_credential_name

  Renames the credential a new name. The name must be unique among all credentials in the metastore.

• [ SET ] OWNER TO principal

  Transfers ownership of the credential to principal.

  Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS and above

  SET is allowed as an optional keyword.

Examples

> ALTER CREDENTIAL street_cred RENAME TO good_cred;

> ALTER CREDENTIAL street_cred OWNER TO `alf@melmak.et`

Related articles

• DESCRIBE CREDENTIAL
• DROP CREDENTIAL
• Principal
• SHOW CREDENTIAL