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ALTER LANGUAGE

Name

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_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.

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