PostgreSQL 8.2.6 Documentation
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ALTER SCHEMA

Name

ALTER SCHEMA -- change the definition of a schema

Synopsis


ALTER SCHEMA 

name

 RENAME TO 

newname

 ALTER SCHEMA 

name

 OWNER TO 

newowner

Description

ALTER SCHEMA changes the definition of a schema.

You must own the schema to use ALTER SCHEMA . To rename a schema you must also have the CREATE privilege for the database. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and you must have the CREATE privilege for the database. (Note that superusers have all these privileges automatically.)

Parameters

name: The name of an existing schema.
newname: The new name of the schema. The new name cannot begin with pg_ , as such names are reserved for system schemas.
newowner: The new owner of the schema.

Compatibility

There is no ALTER SCHEMA statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

CREATE SCHEMA , DROP SCHEMA

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