Section 7 · Overviews and conventions

ALTER_LANGUAGE.7

Package: postgresql

ALTER LANGUAGE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
COMPATIBILITY
SEE ALSO

NAME

ALTER_LANGUAGE − change the definition of a procedural language

SYNOPSIS

ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }

DESCRIPTION

ALTER LANGUAGE changes the definition of a procedural language. The only functionality is to rename the language or assign a new owner. You must be superuser or owner of the language to use ALTER LANGUAGE.

PARAMETERS

name

Name of a language

new_name

The new name of the language

new_owner

The new owner of the language

COMPATIBILITY

There is no ALTER LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.