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ALTER LANGUAGE

change the definition of a procedural language

Synopsis

ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE NAME RENAME TO NEW_NAME
ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE NAME OWNER TO { NEW_OWNER | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }

Description

ALTER LANGUAGE changes the definition of a procedural language. The only functionality is to rename the language or assign a new owner. You must be superuser or 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

sql-createlanguage, sql-droplanguage