NAME¶

ALTER_RULE - change the definition of a rule

SYNOPSIS¶

ALTER RULE name ON table_name RENAME TO new_name

DESCRIPTION¶

ALTER RULE changes properties of an existing rule. Currently, the only available action is to change the rule's name.

To use ALTER RULE, you must own the table or view that the rule applies to.

PARAMETERS¶

name

table_name

new_name

EXAMPLES¶

To rename an existing rule:

ALTER RULE notify_all ON emp RENAME TO notify_me;

COMPATIBILITY¶

ALTER RULE is a PostgreSQL language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system.

SEE ALSO¶

CREATE RULE (CREATE_RULE(7)), DROP RULE (DROP_RULE(7))