PostgreSQL 8.2.10 Documentation
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# ALTER LANGUAGE

## Name

ALTER LANGUAGE -- change the definition of a procedural language

## Synopsis

    ALTER LANGUAGE name RENAME TO newname

## Description

`ALTER LANGUAGE` changes the definition of a language. The only functionality is to rename the language. Only a superuser can rename languages.

## Parameters

`name`

  Name of a language

`newname`

  The new name of the language

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER LANGUAGE` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

CREATE LANGUAGE, DROP LANGUAGE

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