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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Martin Pitt
  • Date: 2009-03-20 12:00:13 UTC
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20090320120013-hogj7egc5mjncc5g
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$PostgreSQL$
 
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PostgreSQL documentation
 
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<refentry id="SQL-ALTERLANGUAGE">
 
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 <refmeta>
 
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  <refentrytitle id="SQL-ALTERLANGUAGE-title">ALTER LANGUAGE</refentrytitle>
 
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  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
 
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  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 
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 </refmeta>
 
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 <refnamediv>
 
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  <refname>ALTER LANGUAGE</refname>
 
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  <refpurpose>change the definition of a procedural language</refpurpose>
 
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 </refnamediv>
 
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 <indexterm zone="sql-alterlanguage">
 
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  <primary>ALTER LANGUAGE</primary>
 
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 </indexterm>
 
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 <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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<synopsis>
 
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ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>newname</replaceable>
 
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ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable>name</replaceable> OWNER TO <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable>
 
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</synopsis>
 
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 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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 <refsect1>
 
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  <title>Description</title>
 
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  <para>
 
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   <command>ALTER LANGUAGE</command> changes the definition of a
 
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   procedural language.  The only functionality is to rename the language or
 
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   assign a new owner.  You must be superuser or owner of the language to
 
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   use <command>ALTER LANGUAGE</command>.
 
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  <title>Parameters</title>
 
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  <variablelist>
 
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   <varlistentry>
 
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    <term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
 
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    <listitem>
 
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     <para>
 
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      Name of a language
 
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     </para>
 
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   </varlistentry>
 
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    <term><replaceable>newname</replaceable></term>
 
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    <listitem>
 
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     <para>
 
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      The new name of the language
 
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    <term><replaceable>new_owner</replaceable></term>
 
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    <listitem>
 
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     <para>
 
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      The new owner of the language
 
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     </para>
 
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  <title>Compatibility</title>
 
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  <para>
 
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   There is no <command>ALTER LANGUAGE</command> statement in the SQL
 
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   standard.
 
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  <title>See Also</title>
 
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  <simplelist type="inline">
 
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   <member><xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title"></member>
 
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   <member><xref linkend="sql-droplanguage" endterm="sql-droplanguage-title"></member>
 
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  </simplelist>
 
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</refentry>