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>ALTER SCHEMA</H1
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>ALTER SCHEMA&nbsp;--&nbsp;change the definition of a schema</DIV
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>ALTER SCHEMA <TT
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><I
>name</I
></TT
> RENAME TO <TT
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>newname</I
></TT
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ALTER SCHEMA <TT
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>name</I
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>   <TT
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>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
> changes the definition of a schema.
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>   You must own the schema to use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
>.
   To rename a schema you must also have the
   <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATE</TT
> 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
   <TT
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>CREATE</TT
> privilege for the database.
   (Note that superusers have all these privileges automatically.)
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>name</I
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>      The name of an existing schema.
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>newname</I
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>      The new name of the schema.  The new name cannot
      begin with <TT
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>pg_</TT
>, as such names
      are reserved for system schemas.
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><TT
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>newowner</I
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>      The new owner of the schema.
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>   There is no <TT
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>ALTER SCHEMA</TT
> statement in the SQL
   standard.
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>CREATE SCHEMA</I
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