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.\"     Title: ALTER CONVERSION
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2021
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 13.4
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "ALTER CONVERSION" "7" "2021" "PostgreSQL 13.4" "PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ALTER_CONVERSION \- change the definition of a conversion
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
ALTER CONVERSION \fIname\fR RENAME TO \fInew_name\fR
ALTER CONVERSION \fIname\fR OWNER TO { \fInew_owner\fR | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER CONVERSION \fIname\fR SET SCHEMA \fInew_schema\fR
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBALTER CONVERSION\fR
changes the definition of a conversion\&.
.PP
You must own the conversion to use
\fBALTER CONVERSION\fR\&. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have
CREATE
privilege on the conversion\*(Aqs schema\&. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn\*(Aqt do anything you couldn\*(Aqt do by dropping and recreating the conversion\&. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any conversion anyway\&.)
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of an existing conversion\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_name\fR
.RS 4
The new name of the conversion\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_owner\fR
.RS 4
The new owner of the conversion\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_schema\fR
.RS 4
The new schema for the conversion\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
To rename the conversion
iso_8859_1_to_utf8
to
latin1_to_unicode:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ALTER CONVERSION iso_8859_1_to_utf8 RENAME TO latin1_to_unicode;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
To change the owner of the conversion
iso_8859_1_to_utf8
to
joe:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ALTER CONVERSION iso_8859_1_to_utf8 OWNER TO joe;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
There is no
\fBALTER CONVERSION\fR
statement in the SQL standard\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE CONVERSION (\fBCREATE_CONVERSION\fR(7)), DROP CONVERSION (\fBDROP_CONVERSION\fR(7))