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# ALTER SCHEMA

## 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, DROP SCHEMA

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