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            "text": "# ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nALTERMATERIALIZEDVIEW - change the definition of a materialized view\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\naction [, ... ]\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW name\n[ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extensionname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME [ COLUMN ] columnname TO newcolumnname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME TO newname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nSET SCHEMA newschema\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW ALL IN TABLESPACE name [ OWNED BY rolename [, ... ] ]\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace [ NOWAIT ]\nwhere action is one of:\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STATISTICS integer\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET ( attributeoption = value [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname RESET ( attributeoption [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET COMPRESSION compressionmethod\nCLUSTER ON indexname\nSET WITHOUT CLUSTER\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace\nSET ( storageparameter [= value] [, ... ] )\nRESET ( storageparameter [, ... ] )\nOWNER TO { newowner | CURRENTROLE | CURRENTUSER | SESSIONUSER }\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW changes various auxiliary properties of an existing materialized\nview.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **PARAMETERS**\n- **EXAMPLES**\n- **COMPATIBILITY**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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        "synopsis": "ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\naction [, ... ]\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW name\n[ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extensionname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME [ COLUMN ] columnname TO newcolumnname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME TO newname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nSET SCHEMA newschema\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW ALL IN TABLESPACE name [ OWNED BY rolename [, ... ] ]\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace [ NOWAIT ]\nwhere action is one of:\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STATISTICS integer\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET ( attributeoption = value [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname RESET ( attributeoption [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET COMPRESSION compressionmethod\nCLUSTER ON indexname\nSET WITHOUT CLUSTER\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace\nSET ( storageparameter [= value] [, ... ] )\nRESET ( storageparameter [, ... ] )\nOWNER TO { newowner | CURRENTROLE | CURRENTUSER | SESSIONUSER }",
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        "examples": [
            "To rename the materialized view foo to bar:",
            "ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW foo RENAME TO bar;"
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            {
                "name": "CREATEMATERIALIZEDVIEW",
                "section": "7",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/CREATEMATERIALIZEDVIEW/7/json"
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                "name": "DROPMATERIALIZEDVIEW",
                "section": "7",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DROPMATERIALIZEDVIEW/7/json"
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                "name": "REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW",
                "section": "7",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW/7/json"
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                "name": "VIEW",
                "section": "7",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/VIEW/7/json"
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            "NAME": {
                "content": "ALTERMATERIALIZEDVIEW - change the definition of a materialized view\n",
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            "SYNOPSIS": {
                "content": "ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\naction [, ... ]\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW name\n[ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extensionname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME [ COLUMN ] columnname TO newcolumnname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nRENAME TO newname\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name\nSET SCHEMA newschema\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW ALL IN TABLESPACE name [ OWNED BY rolename [, ... ] ]\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace [ NOWAIT ]\n\nwhere action is one of:\n\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STATISTICS integer\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET ( attributeoption = value [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname RESET ( attributeoption [, ... ] )\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }\nALTER [ COLUMN ] columnname SET COMPRESSION compressionmethod\nCLUSTER ON indexname\nSET WITHOUT CLUSTER\nSET TABLESPACE newtablespace\nSET ( storageparameter [= value] [, ... ] )\nRESET ( storageparameter [, ... ] )\nOWNER TO { newowner | CURRENTROLE | CURRENTUSER | SESSIONUSER }\n",
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            "DESCRIPTION": {
                "content": "ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW changes various auxiliary properties of an existing materialized\nview.\n\nYou must own the materialized view to use ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW. To change a materialized\nview's schema, you must also have CREATE privilege on the new schema. To alter the owner, you\nmust also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have\nCREATE privilege on the materialized view's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering\nthe owner doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the materialized\nview. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any view anyway.)\n\nThe statement subforms and actions available for ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW are a subset of\nthose available for ALTER TABLE, and have the same meaning when used for materialized views.\nSee the descriptions for ALTER TABLE for details.\n",
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            "PARAMETERS": {
                "content": "name\nThe name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing materialized view.\n\ncolumnname\nName of an existing column.\n\nextensionname\nThe name of the extension that the materialized view is to depend on (or no longer\ndependent on, if NO is specified). A materialized view that's marked as dependent on an\nextension is automatically dropped when the extension is dropped.\n\nnewcolumnname\nNew name for an existing column.\n\nnewowner\nThe user name of the new owner of the materialized view.\n\nnewname\nThe new name for the materialized view.\n\nnewschema\nThe new schema for the materialized view.\n",
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            "EXAMPLES": {
                "content": "To rename the materialized view foo to bar:\n\nALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW foo RENAME TO bar;\n",
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            "COMPATIBILITY": {
                "content": "ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW is a PostgreSQL extension.\n",
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            },
            "SEE ALSO": {
                "content": "CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (CREATEMATERIALIZEDVIEW(7)), DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW\n(DROPMATERIALIZEDVIEW(7)), REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW (REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW(7))\n\n\n\nPostgreSQL 14.23                                2026                      ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW(7)",
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