ALTER OPERATOR CLASS

Changes the definition of an operator class.

Synopsis

ALTER OPERATOR CLASS <name> USING <index_method> RENAME TO <newname>
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS <name> USING <index_method> OWNER TO <newowner>

Description

ALTER OPERATOR CLASS changes the definition of an operator class.

You must own the operator class to use ALTER OPERATOR CLASS. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have CREATE privilege on the operator class’s schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner does not do anything you could not do by dropping and recreating the operator class. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any operator class anyway.)

Parameters

name

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator class.

index_method

The name of the index method this operator class is for.

newname

The new name of the operator class.

newowner

The new owner of the operator class

Compatibility

There is no ALTER OPERATOR CLASS statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

CREATE OPERATOR CLASS, DROP OPERATOR CLASS

Parent topic: SQL Command Reference