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ALTER

NAME

ALTER TABLESPACE - change the definition of a tablespace

SYNOPSIS

ALTER TABLESPACE name RENAME TO newname ALTER TABLESPACE name OWNER TO newowner

DESCRIPTION

ALTER TABLESPACE changes the definition of a tablespace.

PARAMETERS

name The name of an existing tablespace. newname The new name of the tablespace. The new name cannot begin with pg_, as such names are reserved for system tablespaces. newowner The new owner of the tablespace. You must be a superuser to change the owner of a tablespace.

EXAMPLES

Rename tablespace index_space to fast_raid: ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid; Change the owner of tablespace index_space: ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary;

COMPATIBILITY

There is no ALTER TABLESPACE statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO

CREATE TABLESPACE [create_tablespace(5)], DROP TABLESPACE [drop_tablespace(l)]

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