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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ALTER PROCEDURE</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="sql-alterpolicy.html" title="ALTER POLICY" /><link rel="next" href="sql-alterpublication.html" title="ALTER PUBLICATION" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">ALTER PROCEDURE</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-alterpolicy.html" title="ALTER POLICY">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">SQL Commands</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-alterpublication.html" title="ALTER PUBLICATION">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="SQL-ALTERPROCEDURE"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.3.24.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER PROCEDURE</span></h2><p>ALTER PROCEDURE — change the definition of a procedure</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis">
ALTER PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ]
<em class="replaceable"><code>action</code></em> [ ... ] [ RESTRICT ]
ALTER PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ]
RENAME TO <em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em>
ALTER PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ]
OWNER TO { <em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ]
SET SCHEMA <em class="replaceable"><code>new_schema</code></em>
ALTER PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ]
[ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION <em class="replaceable"><code>extension_name</code></em>
<span class="phrase">where <em class="replaceable"><code>action</code></em> is one of:</span>
[ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY INVOKER | [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY DEFINER
SET <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration_parameter</code></em> { TO | = } { <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> | DEFAULT }
SET <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration_parameter</code></em> FROM CURRENT
RESET <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration_parameter</code></em>
RESET ALL
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.24.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">ALTER PROCEDURE</code> changes the definition of a
procedure.
</p><p>
You must own the procedure to use <code class="command">ALTER PROCEDURE</code>.
To change a procedure's schema, you must also have <code class="literal">CREATE</code>
privilege on the new schema.
To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
owning role, and that role must have <code class="literal">CREATE</code> privilege on
the procedure's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the procedure.
However, a superuser can alter ownership of any procedure anyway.)
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.24.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing procedure. If no
argument list is specified, the name must be unique in its schema.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The mode of an argument: <code class="literal">IN</code>, <code class="literal">OUT</code>,
<code class="literal">INOUT</code>, or <code class="literal">VARIADIC</code>. If omitted,
the default is <code class="literal">IN</code>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of an argument.
Note that <code class="command">ALTER PROCEDURE</code> does not actually pay
any attention to argument names, since only the argument data
types are used to determine the procedure's identity.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The data type(s) of the procedure's arguments (optionally
schema-qualified), if any.
See <a class="xref" href="sql-dropprocedure.html" title="DROP PROCEDURE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP PROCEDURE</span></a> for the details of how
the procedure is looked up using the argument data type(s).
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The new name of the procedure.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The new owner of the procedure. Note that if the procedure is
marked <code class="literal">SECURITY DEFINER</code>, it will subsequently
execute as the new owner.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_schema</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The new schema for the procedure.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>extension_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
This form marks the procedure as dependent on the extension, or no longer
dependent on the extension if <code class="literal">NO</code> is specified.
A procedure that's marked as dependent on an extension is dropped when the
extension is dropped, even if cascade is not specified.
A procedure can depend upon multiple extensions, and will be dropped when
any one of those extensions is dropped.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">[<span class="optional"> EXTERNAL </span>] SECURITY INVOKER</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">[<span class="optional"> EXTERNAL </span>] SECURITY DEFINER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Change whether the procedure is a security definer or not. The
key word <code class="literal">EXTERNAL</code> is ignored for SQL
conformance. See <a class="xref" href="sql-createprocedure.html" title="CREATE PROCEDURE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE PROCEDURE</span></a> for more information about
this capability.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>configuration_parameter</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
Add or change the assignment to be made to a configuration parameter
when the procedure is called. If
<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> is <code class="literal">DEFAULT</code>
or, equivalently, <code class="literal">RESET</code> is used, the procedure-local
setting is removed, so that the procedure executes with the value
present in its environment. Use <code class="literal">RESET
ALL</code> to clear all procedure-local settings.
<code class="literal">SET FROM CURRENT</code> saves the value of the parameter that
is current when <code class="command">ALTER PROCEDURE</code> is executed as the value
to be applied when the procedure is entered.
</p><p>
See <a class="xref" href="sql-set.html" title="SET"><span class="refentrytitle">SET</span></a> and
<a class="xref" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 20. Server Configuration">Chapter 20</a>
for more information about allowed parameter names and values.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Ignored for conformance with the SQL standard.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.24.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
To rename the procedure <code class="literal">insert_data</code> with two arguments
of type <code class="type">integer</code> to <code class="literal">insert_record</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE insert_data(integer, integer) RENAME TO insert_record;
</pre><p>
</p><p>
To change the owner of the procedure <code class="literal">insert_data</code> with
two arguments of type <code class="type">integer</code> to <code class="literal">joe</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE insert_data(integer, integer) OWNER TO joe;
</pre><p>
</p><p>
To change the schema of the procedure <code class="literal">insert_data</code> with
two arguments of type <code class="type">integer</code>
to <code class="literal">accounting</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE insert_data(integer, integer) SET SCHEMA accounting;
</pre><p>
</p><p>
To mark the procedure <code class="literal">insert_data(integer, integer)</code> as
being dependent on the extension <code class="literal">myext</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE insert_data(integer, integer) DEPENDS ON EXTENSION myext;
</pre><p>
</p><p>
To adjust the search path that is automatically set for a procedure:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE check_password(text) SET search_path = admin, pg_temp;
</pre><p>
</p><p>
To disable automatic setting of <code class="varname">search_path</code> for a procedure:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ALTER PROCEDURE check_password(text) RESET search_path;
</pre><p>
The procedure will now execute with whatever search path is used by its
caller.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.24.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
This statement is partially compatible with the <code class="command">ALTER
PROCEDURE</code> statement in the SQL standard. The standard allows more
properties of a procedure to be modified, but does not provide the
ability to rename a procedure, make a procedure a security definer,
attach configuration parameter values to a procedure,
or change the owner, schema, or volatility of a procedure. The standard also
requires the <code class="literal">RESTRICT</code> key word, which is optional in
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.24.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createprocedure.html" title="CREATE PROCEDURE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE PROCEDURE</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-dropprocedure.html" title="DROP PROCEDURE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP PROCEDURE</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alterfunction.html" title="ALTER FUNCTION"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER FUNCTION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alterroutine.html" title="ALTER ROUTINE"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER ROUTINE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-alterpolicy.html" title="ALTER POLICY">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-alterpublication.html" title="ALTER PUBLICATION">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ALTER POLICY </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ALTER PUBLICATION</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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