ALTER SCHEMA(7)                                           SQL Commands                                           ALTER SCHEMA(7)



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 data-
       base.  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.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE SCHEMA [create_schema(7)], DROP SCHEMA [drop_schema(7)]



SQL - Language Statements                                  2011-09-22                                            ALTER SCHEMA(7)