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# ALTER OPERATOR CLASS

## Name

ALTER OPERATOR CLASS -- change the definition of an operator class

## Synopsis

    ALTER OPERATOR CLASS name USING index_method RENAME TO newname
    ALTER OPERATOR CLASS name USING index_method OWNER TO newowner

## Description

`ALTER OPERATOR CLASS` changes the definition of an operator class.

## Parameters

name

  The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator class.

index_method

  The name of the index method this operator class is for.

newname

  The new name of the operator class.

newowner

  The new owner of the operator class. You must be a superuser to change the owner of an operator class.

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER OPERATOR CLASS` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

CREATE OPERATOR CLASS, DROP OPERATOR CLASS

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