ALTER LANGUAGE

Changes the name of a procedural language.

Synopsis

ALTER LANGUAGE <name> RENAME TO <newname>
ALTER LANGUAGE <name> OWNER TO <new_owner>

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.

newname

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