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ALTER SCHEMA

Name

ALTER SCHEMA -- change the definition of a schema

Synopsis

ALTER SCHEMA name RENAME TO newname

Description

ALTER SCHEMA changes the definition of a schema. The only functionality is to rename the schema. To rename a schema you must own the schema and have the privilege CREATE for the database.

Parameters

name

Name of a schema

newname

The new name of the schema

Compatibility

There is no ALTER SCHEMA statement in the SQL standard.