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📖 NAME

ALTER_LANGUAGE - change the definition of a procedural language

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Rename a language	ALTER LANGUAGE name RENAME TO new_name;	Change the name of a procedural language
Change owner of a language	ALTER LANGUAGE name OWNER TO new_owner;	Assign a new owner to a procedural language

📌 Note: You must be superuser or owner of the language to use ALTER LANGUAGE.

📄 SYNOPSIS

ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | 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 (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7))
• DROP LANGUAGE (DROP_LANGUAGE(7))

PostgreSQL 14.23 — 2026 — ALTER LANGUAGE(7)

📖 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📄 SYNOPSIS 📝 DESCRIPTION ⚙️ PARAMETERS 🔗 COMPATIBILITY 📚 SEE ALSO