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AWS aurora-dsql documentation change

Service: aurora-dsql · 2026-02-13 · Documentation low

File: aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/alter-table-syntax-support.md

Summary

Added documentation for identity column actions in ALTER TABLE syntax, including SET GENERATED, SET sequence_option, RESTART, and DROP IDENTITY commands

Security assessment

The changes describe syntax extensions for managing identity columns without any security context. No vulnerabilities, exploits, or security controls are mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/alter-table-syntax-support.md b/aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/alter-table-syntax-support.md
index 7bd6ba643..4eb2f0b4d 100644
--- a//aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/alter-table-syntax-support.md
+++ b//aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/alter-table-syntax-support.md
@@ -4,0 +5,2 @@
+Identity column actions
+
@@ -23,0 +26,2 @@
+        ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name { SET GENERATED { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT } | SET sequence_option | RESTART [ [ WITH ] restart ] } [...]
+        ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name DROP IDENTITY [ IF EXISTS ]
@@ -25,0 +30,14 @@
+## Identity column actions
+
+**`SET GENERATED{ ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT }` / `SET `sequence_option`` / `RESTART`**
+    
+
+These forms change whether a column is an identity column or change the generation attribute of an existing identity column. See [CREATE TABLE](./create-table-syntax-support.html) for details. Like `SET DEFAULT`, these forms only affect the behavior of subsequent `INSERT` and `UPDATE` commands; they do not cause rows already in the table to change.
+
+The `sequence_option` is an option supported by [ALTER SEQUENCE](./alter-sequence-syntax-support.html) such as `INCREMENT BY`. These forms alter the sequence that underlies an existing identity column.
+
+**`DROP IDENTITY [ IF EXISTS ]`**
+    
+
+This form removes the identity property from a column. If `DROP IDENTITY IF EXISTS` is specified and the column is not an identity column, no error is thrown. In this case a notice is issued instead.
+
@@ -34 +52 @@ CREATE TABLE
-CREATE VIEW
+CREATE SEQUENCE