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>ALTER FUNCTION</H1
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>ALTER FUNCTION -- change the definition of a function</DIV
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>ALTER FUNCTION <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>name</VAR
> ( [ <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>type</VAR
> [, ...] ] ) RENAME TO <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>newname</VAR
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> <TT
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>ALTER FUNCTION</TT
> changes the definition of a
function. The only functionality is to rename the function.
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><VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>name</VAR
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> The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function.
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><VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>type</VAR
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> The data type of an argument of the function.
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><VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>newname</VAR
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> The new name of the function.
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> To rename the function <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>sqrt</TT
> for type
<TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>integer</TT
> to <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>square_root</TT
>:
</P><PRE
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>ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) RENAME TO square_root;</PRE
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>Compatibility</H2
><P
> There is an <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER FUNCTION</TT
> statement in the SQL
standard, but it does not provide the option to rename the
function.
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>See Also</H2
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>CREATE FUNCTION</I
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>DROP FUNCTION</I
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