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AWS redshift documentation change

Service: redshift · 2025-11-25 · Documentation low

File: redshift/latest/dg/r_DROP_MASKING_POLICY.md

Summary

Added database qualification syntax and federated permissions documentation

Security assessment

Enables dropping masking policies across federated databases. Documents security feature operation without addressing specific security issues.

Diff

diff --git a/redshift/latest/dg/r_DROP_MASKING_POLICY.md b/redshift/latest/dg/r_DROP_MASKING_POLICY.md
index df291adb0..73cf1dbc3 100644
--- a//redshift/latest/dg/r_DROP_MASKING_POLICY.md
+++ b//redshift/latest/dg/r_DROP_MASKING_POLICY.md
@@ -18 +18 @@ Superusers and users or roles that have the sys:secadmin role can drop a masking
-    DROP MASKING POLICY _policy_name_ ;
+    DROP MASKING POLICY { policy_name | database_name.policy_name };
@@ -26,0 +27,7 @@ The name of the masking policy to drop.
+database_name
+    
+
+The name of the database from where the policy to be dropped. The database can be the connected database or a database that supports Amazon Redshift federated permissions.
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+For the usage of DROP MASKING POLICY on Amazon Redshift Federated Permissions Catalog, see [ Managing access control with Amazon Redshift federated permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/federated-permissions-managing-access.html).
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