ALTER SCHEMAΒΆ

ALTER SCHEMA changes the definition of a schema.

You must own the schema to use ALTER SCHEMA. To rename a schema you must also have the CREATE privilege for the database. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and you must have the CREATE privilege for the database:

ALTER SCHEMA name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER SCHEMA name OWNER TO new_owner

name

The name of an existing schema.

new_name

The new name of the schema.

new_owner

The new owner of the schema.

See also

CREATE SCHEMA and DROP SCHEMA

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