ALTER LANGUAGE

Changes the definition of a procedural language.

Synopsis

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

Description

ALTER LANGUAGE changes the definition of a procedural language for a specific database. Definition changes supported include renaming the language or assigning a new owner. You must be superuser or the 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.

See Also

CREATE LANGUAGE, DROP LANGUAGE

Parent topic: SQL Commands