ALTER TABLESPACE
Changes the definition of a tablespace.
Synopsis
ALTER TABLESPACE <name> RENAME TO <newname>
ALTER TABLESPACE <name> OWNER TO <newowner>
Description
ALTER TABLESPACE
changes the definition of a tablespace.
You must own the tablespace to use ALTER 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.)
Parameters
<name>
The name of an existing tablespace.
<newname>
The new name of the tablespace. The new name cannot begin with pg_ (reserved for system tablespaces).
<newowner>
The new owner of the tablespace.
Examples
Rename tablespace index_space
to fast_raid
:
ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid;
Change the owner of tablespace index_space
:
ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary;
Compatibility
There is no ALTER TABLESPACE
statement in the SQL standard.