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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_tablespace.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-altertablespace">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-altertablespace">
+ <primary>ALTER TABLESPACE</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>ALTER TABLESPACE</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ALTER TABLESPACE</refname>
+ <refpurpose>change the definition of a tablespace</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>new_name</replaceable>
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> OWNER TO { <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> SET ( <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> [, ... ] )
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> RESET ( <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_option</replaceable> [, ... ] )
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</command> can be used to change the definition of
+ a tablespace.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You must own the tablespace to change the definition of a tablespace.
+ To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
+ owning role.
+ (Note that superusers have these privileges automatically.)
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of an existing tablespace.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The new name of the tablespace. The new name cannot
+ begin with <literal>pg_</literal>, as such names
+ are reserved for system tablespaces.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_owner</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The new owner of the tablespace.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_option</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A tablespace parameter to be set or reset. Currently, the only
+ available parameters are <varname>seq_page_cost</varname>,
+ <varname>random_page_cost</varname>, <varname>effective_io_concurrency</varname>
+ and <varname>maintenance_io_concurrency</varname>.
+ Setting these values for a particular tablespace will override the
+ planner's usual estimate of the cost of reading pages from tables in
+ that tablespace, and the executor's prefetching behavior, as established
+ by the configuration parameters of the
+ same name (see <xref linkend="guc-seq-page-cost"/>,
+ <xref linkend="guc-random-page-cost"/>,
+ <xref linkend="guc-effective-io-concurrency"/>,
+ <xref linkend="guc-maintenance-io-concurrency"/>). This may be useful if
+ one tablespace is located on a disk which is faster or slower than the
+ remainder of the I/O subsystem.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Rename tablespace <literal>index_space</literal> to <literal>fast_raid</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid;
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Change the owner of tablespace <literal>index_space</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary;
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ There is no <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</command> statement in
+ the SQL standard.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createtablespace"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-droptablespace"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>