ALTER SCHEMA
ALTER SCHEMA
ALTER SCHEMA - change the definition of a schema
Synopsis
ALTER SCHEMAnameRENAME TOnew_nameALTER SCHEMAnameOWNER TO {new_owner| CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
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 be able to
SET ROLE
to the
new owning role, and that role must have the
CREATE
privilege for the database.
(Note that superusers have all these privileges automatically.)
Parameters
-
name -
The name of an existing schema.
-
new_name -
The new name of the schema. The new name cannot begin with
pg_, as such names are reserved for system schemas. -
new_owner -
The new owner of the schema.
Compatibility
There is no
ALTER SCHEMA
statement in the SQL
standard.