NAME¶

ALTER_ROUTINE - change the definition of a routine

SYNOPSIS¶

ALTER ROUTINE name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]


    action [ ... ] [ RESTRICT ]
ALTER ROUTINE name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]


    RENAME TO new_name
ALTER ROUTINE name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]


    OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER ROUTINE name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]


    SET SCHEMA new_schema
ALTER ROUTINE name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]


    [ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extension_name
where action is one of:


    IMMUTABLE | STABLE | VOLATILE


    [ NOT ] LEAKPROOF


    [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY INVOKER | [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY DEFINER


    PARALLEL { UNSAFE | RESTRICTED | SAFE }


    COST execution_cost


    ROWS result_rows


    SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }


    SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT


    RESET configuration_parameter


    RESET ALL

DESCRIPTION¶

ALTER ROUTINE changes the definition of a routine, which can be an aggregate function, a normal function, or a procedure. See under ALTER AGGREGATE (ALTER_AGGREGATE(7)), ALTER FUNCTION (ALTER_FUNCTION(7)), and ALTER PROCEDURE (ALTER_PROCEDURE(7)) for the description of the parameters, more examples, and further details.

EXAMPLES¶

To rename the routine foo for type integer to foobar:

ALTER ROUTINE foo(integer) RENAME TO foobar;

This command will work independent of whether foo is an aggregate, function, or procedure.

COMPATIBILITY¶

This statement is partially compatible with the ALTER ROUTINE statement in the SQL standard. See under ALTER FUNCTION (ALTER_FUNCTION(7)) and ALTER PROCEDURE (ALTER_PROCEDURE(7)) for more details. Allowing routine names to refer to aggregate functions is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO¶

ALTER AGGREGATE (ALTER_AGGREGATE(7)), ALTER FUNCTION (ALTER_FUNCTION(7)), ALTER PROCEDURE (ALTER_PROCEDURE(7)), DROP ROUTINE (DROP_ROUTINE(7))

Note that there is no CREATE ROUTINE command.