PostgreSQL 8.2.6 Documentation
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ALTER TABLESPACE

Name

ALTER TABLESPACE -- change the definition of a tablespace

Synopsis


ALTER TABLESPACE 

name

 RENAME TO 

newname

 ALTER TABLESPACE 

name

 OWNER TO 

newowner

Description

ALTER TABLESPACE changes the definition of a tablespace.

You must own the tablespace to use ALTER TABLESPACE . To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role. (Note that superusers have these privileges automatically.)

Parameters

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

Examples

Rename tablespace index_space to fast_raid :


ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid;

Change the owner of tablespace index_space :


ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary;

Compatibility

There is no ALTER TABLESPACE statement in the SQL standard.