PostgreSQL 8.1.5 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.

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