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.\" Title: ALTER EXTENSION
.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 2024
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.7 Documentation
.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.7
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "ALTER EXTENSION" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 15.7" "PostgreSQL 15.7 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ALTER_EXTENSION \- change the definition of an extension
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
ALTER EXTENSION \fIname\fR UPDATE [ TO \fInew_version\fR ]
ALTER EXTENSION \fIname\fR SET SCHEMA \fInew_schema\fR
ALTER EXTENSION \fIname\fR ADD \fImember_object\fR
ALTER EXTENSION \fIname\fR DROP \fImember_object\fR
where \fImember_object\fR is:
ACCESS METHOD \fIobject_name\fR |
AGGREGATE \fIaggregate_name\fR ( \fIaggregate_signature\fR ) |
CAST (\fIsource_type\fR AS \fItarget_type\fR) |
COLLATION \fIobject_name\fR |
CONVERSION \fIobject_name\fR |
DOMAIN \fIobject_name\fR |
EVENT TRIGGER \fIobject_name\fR |
FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER \fIobject_name\fR |
FOREIGN TABLE \fIobject_name\fR |
FUNCTION \fIfunction_name\fR [ ( [ [ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ] ) ] |
MATERIALIZED VIEW \fIobject_name\fR |
OPERATOR \fIoperator_name\fR (\fIleft_type\fR, \fIright_type\fR) |
OPERATOR CLASS \fIobject_name\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR |
OPERATOR FAMILY \fIobject_name\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR |
[ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE \fIobject_name\fR |
PROCEDURE \fIprocedure_name\fR [ ( [ [ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ] ) ] |
ROUTINE \fIroutine_name\fR [ ( [ [ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ] ) ] |
SCHEMA \fIobject_name\fR |
SEQUENCE \fIobject_name\fR |
SERVER \fIobject_name\fR |
TABLE \fIobject_name\fR |
TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION \fIobject_name\fR |
TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY \fIobject_name\fR |
TEXT SEARCH PARSER \fIobject_name\fR |
TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE \fIobject_name\fR |
TRANSFORM FOR \fItype_name\fR LANGUAGE \fIlang_name\fR |
TYPE \fIobject_name\fR |
VIEW \fIobject_name\fR
and \fIaggregate_signature\fR is:
* |
[ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [ , \&.\&.\&. ] |
[ [ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [ , \&.\&.\&. ] ] ORDER BY [ \fIargmode\fR ] [ \fIargname\fR ] \fIargtype\fR [ , \&.\&.\&. ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBALTER EXTENSION\fR
changes the definition of an installed extension\&. There are several subforms:
.PP
UPDATE
.RS 4
This form updates the extension to a newer version\&. The extension must supply a suitable update script (or series of scripts) that can modify the currently\-installed version into the requested version\&.
.RE
.PP
SET SCHEMA
.RS 4
This form moves the extension\*(Aqs objects into another schema\&. The extension has to be
relocatable
for this command to succeed\&.
.RE
.PP
ADD \fImember_object\fR
.RS 4
This form adds an existing object to the extension\&. This is mainly useful in extension update scripts\&. The object will subsequently be treated as a member of the extension; notably, it can only be dropped by dropping the extension\&.
.RE
.PP
DROP \fImember_object\fR
.RS 4
This form removes a member object from the extension\&. This is mainly useful in extension update scripts\&. The object is not dropped, only disassociated from the extension\&.
.RE
See
Section\ \&38.17
for more information about these operations\&.
.PP
You must own the extension to use
\fBALTER EXTENSION\fR\&. The
ADD/DROP
forms require ownership of the added/dropped object as well\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of an installed extension\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_version\fR
.RS 4
The desired new version of the extension\&. This can be written as either an identifier or a string literal\&. If not specified,
\fBALTER EXTENSION UPDATE\fR
attempts to update to whatever is shown as the default version in the extension\*(Aqs control file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_schema\fR
.RS 4
The new schema for the extension\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIobject_name\fR
.br
\fIaggregate_name\fR
.br
\fIfunction_name\fR
.br
\fIoperator_name\fR
.br
\fIprocedure_name\fR
.br
\fIroutine_name\fR
.RS 4
The name of an object to be added to or removed from the extension\&. Names of tables, aggregates, domains, foreign tables, functions, operators, operator classes, operator families, procedures, routines, sequences, text search objects, types, and views can be schema\-qualified\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIsource_type\fR
.RS 4
The name of the source data type of the cast\&.
.RE
.PP
\fItarget_type\fR
.RS 4
The name of the target data type of the cast\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIargmode\fR
.RS 4
The mode of a function, procedure, or aggregate argument:
IN,
OUT,
INOUT, or
VARIADIC\&. If omitted, the default is
IN\&. Note that
\fBALTER EXTENSION\fR
does not actually pay any attention to
OUT
arguments, since only the input arguments are needed to determine the function\*(Aqs identity\&. So it is sufficient to list the
IN,
INOUT, and
VARIADIC
arguments\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIargname\fR
.RS 4
The name of a function, procedure, or aggregate argument\&. Note that
\fBALTER EXTENSION\fR
does not actually pay any attention to argument names, since only the argument data types are needed to determine the function\*(Aqs identity\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIargtype\fR
.RS 4
The data type of a function, procedure, or aggregate argument\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIleft_type\fR
.br
\fIright_type\fR
.RS 4
The data type(s) of the operator\*(Aqs arguments (optionally schema\-qualified)\&. Write
NONE
for the missing argument of a prefix operator\&.
.RE
.PP
PROCEDURAL
.RS 4
This is a noise word\&.
.RE
.PP
\fItype_name\fR
.RS 4
The name of the data type of the transform\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIlang_name\fR
.RS 4
The name of the language of the transform\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
To update the
hstore
extension to version 2\&.0:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ALTER EXTENSION hstore UPDATE TO \*(Aq2\&.0\*(Aq;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
To change the schema of the
hstore
extension to
utils:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ALTER EXTENSION hstore SET SCHEMA utils;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
To add an existing function to the
hstore
extension:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ALTER EXTENSION hstore ADD FUNCTION populate_record(anyelement, hstore);
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
\fBALTER EXTENSION\fR
is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE EXTENSION (\fBCREATE_EXTENSION\fR(7)), DROP EXTENSION (\fBDROP_EXTENSION\fR(7))
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