PostgreSQL 7.4.3 Documentation
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ALTER FUNCTION

Name

ALTER FUNCTION -- change the definition of a function

Synopsis

ALTER FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] ) RENAME TO newname

Description

ALTER FUNCTION changes the definition of a function. The only functionality is to rename the function.

Parameters

name

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

type

The data type of an argument of the function.

newname

The new name of the function.

Examples

To rename the function sqrt for type integer to square_root: 

ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) RENAME TO square_root;

Compatibility

There is an ALTER FUNCTION statement in the SQL standard, but it does not provide the option to rename the function.

See Also

CREATE FUNCTION, DROP FUNCTION
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