## ALTER LANGUAGE

ALTER LANGUAGE — change the definition of a procedural language

## Synopsis

    ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name RENAME TO new_name
    ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }

## Description

`ALTER LANGUAGE` changes the definition of a procedural language. The only functionality is to rename the language or assign a new owner. You must be superuser or owner of the language to use `ALTER LANGUAGE`.

## Parameters

`name`

  Name of a language

`new_name`

  The new name of the language

`new_owner`

  The new owner of the language

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER LANGUAGE` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

CREATE LANGUAGE, DROP LANGUAGE