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ALTER LANGUAGE — change the definition of a procedural language

Synopsis

ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name RENAME TO newname ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name OWNER TO { newowner | 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

newname

The new name of the language

newowner

The new owner of the language

Compatibility

There is no ALTER LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.