ALTER ZONE SQL Statement | Teradata Database - ALTER ZONE - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Teradata Database
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20.00
Published
June 2025
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Add a database or user as the root to a secure zone or de-link the root database or user from a secure zone created using Teradata Secure Zones.

Required Privileges

To alter a secure zone, you must have the DROP ZONE privilege.

To define a user as a root, the zone creator must have DROP USER privilege on the user that becomes a root.

To define a database as root, the zone creator must have CREATE USER privilege on the database that becomes a root.