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>ALTER SCHEMA</H1
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>ALTER SCHEMA -- change the definition of a schema</DIV
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>ALTER SCHEMA <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> RENAME TO <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>newname</I
></TT
>
ALTER SCHEMA <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> OWNER TO <TT
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><I
>newowner</I
></TT
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> <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
> changes the definition of a schema.
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><P
> You must own the schema to use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
>.
To rename a schema you must also have the
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATE</TT
> 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
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATE</TT
> privilege for the database.
(Note that superusers have all these privileges automatically.)
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
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> The name of an existing schema.
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>newname</I
></TT
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> The new name of the schema. The new name cannot
begin with <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>pg_</TT
>, as such names
are reserved for system schemas.
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>newowner</I
></TT
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> The new owner of the schema.
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>Compatibility</H2
><P
> There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
> statement in the SQL
standard.
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>CREATE SCHEMA</I
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