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NAME

       ALTER SCHEMA - change the definition of a schema

SYNOPSIS

       ALTER SCHEMA name RENAME TO newname
       ALTER SCHEMA name OWNER TO newowner

DESCRIPTION

       ALTER  SCHEMA  changes  the definition of a schema.  To rename a schema
       you must own the schema and have the privilege CREATE for the database.
       To change the owner of a schema, you must be a superuser.

PARAMETERS

       name   The name of an existing schema.

       newname
              The  new name of the schema. The new name cannot begin with pg_,
              as such names are reserved for system schemas.

       newowner
              The new owner of the schema.

COMPATIBILITY

       There is no ALTER SCHEMA statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO

       CREATE SCHEMA [create_schema(7)], DROP SCHEMA [drop_schema(l)]