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ALTER TABLESPACE

Changes the definition of a tablespace.

Synopsis

ALTER TABLESPACE <name> RENAME TO <new_name>

ALTER TABLESPACE <name> OWNER TO <new_owner>

ALTER TABLESPACE <name> SET ( <tablespace_option> = <value> [, ... ] )

ALTER TABLESPACE <name> RESET ( <tablespace_option> [, ... ] )

Description

ALTER TABLESPACE changes the definition of a tablespace.

You must own the tablespace to use ALTER TABLESPACE. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role. (Note that superusers have these privileges automatically.)

Parameters

name
The name of an existing tablespace.
new_name
The new name of the tablespace. The new name cannot begin with pg_ or gp_ (reserved for system tablespaces).
new_owner
The new owner of the tablespace.
tablespace_option
A tablespace parameter to set or reset. Currently, the only available parameters are seq_page_cost and random_page_cost. Setting either value for a particular tablespace will