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Support ALTER TYPE RENAME. Petr Jelinek

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Tom Lane
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml,v 1.4 2006/09/16 00:30:16 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml,v 1.5 2008/03/19 18:38:29 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER TYPE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_name</replaceable>
ALTER TYPE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> OWNER TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable>
ALTER TYPE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> SET SCHEMA <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_schema</replaceable>
</synopsis>
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<para>
<command>ALTER TYPE</command> changes the definition of an existing type.
The only currently available capabilities are changing the owner and schema
of a type.
</para>
<para>
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new name for the type.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
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<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To change the owner of the user-defined type <literal>email</literal>
To rename a data type:
<programlisting>
ALTER TYPE electronic_mail RENAME TO email;
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
To change the owner of the type <literal>email</literal>
to <literal>joe</literal>:
<programlisting>
ALTER TYPE email OWNER TO joe;
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</para>
<para>
To change the schema of the user-defined type <literal>email</literal>
To change the schema of the type <literal>email</literal>
to <literal>customers</literal>:
<programlisting>
ALTER TYPE email SET SCHEMA customers;