ALTER STATISTICS

Changes the definition of an extended statistics object.

Synopsis

ALTER STATISTICS <name> RENAME TO <new_name>

ALTER STATISTICS <name> OWNER TO { <new_owner> | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }

ALTER STATISTICS <name> SET SCHEMA <new_schema>

Description

ALTER STATISTICS changes the parameters of an existing extended statistics object. Any parameters not specifically set in the ALTER STATISTICS command retain their prior settings.

You must own the statistics object to use ALTER STATISTICS. To change a statistics object's schema, you must also have CREATE privilege on the new schema. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have CREATE privilege on the statistics object's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the statistics object. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any statistics object anyway.)

Parameters

name

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the statistics object to be altered.

new_owner

The user name of the new owner of the statistics object.

new_name

The new name for the statistics object.

new_schema

The new schema for the statistics object.

Compatibility

There is no ALTER STATISTICS statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

CREATE STATISTICS, DROP STATISTICS

Parent topic: SQL Commands