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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_schema.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-alterschema">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-alterschema">
+  <primary>ALTER SCHEMA</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle>ALTER SCHEMA</refentrytitle>
+  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>ALTER SCHEMA</refname>
+  <refpurpose>change the definition of a schema</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+ALTER SCHEMA <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>new_name</replaceable>
+ALTER SCHEMA <replaceable>name</replaceable> OWNER TO { <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Description</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <command>ALTER SCHEMA</command> changes the definition of a schema.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   You must own the schema to use <command>ALTER SCHEMA</command>.
+   To rename a schema you must also have the
+   <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege for the database.
+   To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or
+   indirect member of the new owning role, and you must have the
+   <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege for the database.
+   (Note that superusers have all these privileges automatically.)
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Parameters</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The name of an existing schema.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable>new_name</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The new name of the schema.  The new name cannot
+      begin with <literal>pg_</literal>, as such names
+      are reserved for system schemas.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_owner</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The new owner of the schema.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+  <para>
+   There is no <command>ALTER SCHEMA</command> statement in the SQL
+   standard.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>See Also</title>
+
+  <simplelist type="inline">
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-createschema"/></member>
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-dropschema"/></member>
+  </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>