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.\" Title: ALTER OPERATOR
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.\" Date: 2017-11-06
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation
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.\" Language: English
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.TH "ALTER OPERATOR" "7" "2017-11-06" "PostgreSQL 9.2.24" "PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ALTER_OPERATOR \- change the definition of an operator
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ALTER OPERATOR \fIname\fR ( { \fIleft_type\fR | NONE } , { \fIright_type\fR | NONE } ) OWNER TO \fInew_owner\fR
ALTER OPERATOR \fIname\fR ( { \fIleft_type\fR | NONE } , { \fIright_type\fR | NONE } ) SET SCHEMA \fInew_schema\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBALTER OPERATOR\fR
changes the definition of an operator\&. The only currently available functionality is to change the owner of the operator\&.
.PP
You must own the operator to use
\fBALTER OPERATOR\fR\&. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have
CREATE
privilege on the operator\*(Aqs schema\&. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn\*(Aqt do anything you couldn\*(Aqt do by dropping and recreating the operator\&. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any operator anyway\&.)
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of an existing operator\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIleft_type\fR
.RS 4
The data type of the operator\*(Aqs left operand; write
NONE
if the operator has no left operand\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIright_type\fR
.RS 4
The data type of the operator\*(Aqs right operand; write
NONE
if the operator has no right operand\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_owner\fR
.RS 4
The new owner of the operator\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_schema\fR
.RS 4
The new schema for the operator\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Change the owner of a custom operator
a @@ b
for type
text:
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ALTER OPERATOR @@ (text, text) OWNER TO joe;
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.if n \{\
.RE
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.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
There is no
\fBALTER OPERATOR\fR
statement in the SQL standard\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE OPERATOR (\fBCREATE_OPERATOR\fR(7)), DROP OPERATOR (\fBDROP_OPERATOR\fR(7))
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