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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_operator.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-alteroperator">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-alteroperator">
+ <primary>ALTER OPERATOR</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>ALTER OPERATOR</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ALTER OPERATOR</refname>
+ <refpurpose>change the definition of an operator</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+ALTER OPERATOR <replaceable>name</replaceable> ( { <replaceable>left_type</replaceable> | NONE } , <replaceable>right_type</replaceable> )
+ OWNER TO { <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
+
+ALTER OPERATOR <replaceable>name</replaceable> ( { <replaceable>left_type</replaceable> | NONE } , <replaceable>right_type</replaceable> )
+ SET SCHEMA <replaceable>new_schema</replaceable>
+
+ALTER OPERATOR <replaceable>name</replaceable> ( { <replaceable>left_type</replaceable> | NONE } , <replaceable>right_type</replaceable> )
+ SET ( { RESTRICT = { <replaceable class="parameter">res_proc</replaceable> | NONE }
+ | JOIN = { <replaceable class="parameter">join_proc</replaceable> | NONE }
+ } [, ... ] )
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>ALTER OPERATOR</command> changes the definition of
+ an operator.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You must own the operator to use <command>ALTER OPERATOR</command>.
+ To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
+ owning role, and that role must have <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on
+ the operator's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
+ doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the operator.
+ However, a superuser can alter ownership of any operator anyway.)
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">left_type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The data type of the operator's left operand; write
+ <literal>NONE</literal> if the operator has no left operand.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">right_type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The data type of the operator's right operand.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_owner</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The new owner of the operator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_schema</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The new schema for the operator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">res_proc</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The restriction selectivity estimator function for this operator; write NONE to remove existing selectivity estimator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">join_proc</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The join selectivity estimator function for this operator; write NONE to remove existing selectivity estimator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Change the owner of a custom operator <literal>a @@ b</literal> for type <type>text</type>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER OPERATOR @@ (text, text) OWNER TO joe;
+</programlisting></para>
+
+ <para>
+ Change the restriction and join selectivity estimator functions of a custom operator <literal>a &amp;&amp; b</literal> for type <type>int[]</type>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER OPERATOR &amp;&amp; (_int4, _int4) SET (RESTRICT = _int_contsel, JOIN = _int_contjoinsel);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ There is no <command>ALTER OPERATOR</command> statement in
+ the SQL standard.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createoperator"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-dropoperator"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>