ALTER FUNCTION
SQL - Language Statements
ALTER FUNCTION
change the definition of a function
ALTER FUNCTION
ALTER FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] ) action [, ... ] [ RESTRICT ]
ALTER FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] ) RENAME TO newname
ALTER FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] ) OWNER TO newowner
where action is one of:
CALLED ON NULL INPUT | RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT | STRICT
IMMUTABLE | STABLE | VOLATILE
[ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY INVOKER | [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY DEFINER
Description
ALTER FUNCTION changes the definition of a
function.
Parameters
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function.
type
The data type of an argument of the function.
newname
The new name of the function.
newowner
The new owner of the function. To change the owner of a
function, you must be a superuser. Note that if the function is
marked SECURITY DEFINER, it will subsequently
execute as the new owner.
CALLED ON NULL INPUT
RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT
STRICT
CALLED ON NULL INPUT changes the function so
that it will be invoked when some or all of its arguments are
null. RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT or
STRICT changes the function so that it
always returns null if any of its arguments are null. See for more information.
IMMUTABLE
STABLE
VOLATILE
Change the volatility of the function to the specified
type. See for more
information about function volatility.
EXTERNAL SECURITY INVOKER
EXTERNAL SECURITY DEFINER
Change whether the function is a security definer or not. The
key word EXTERNAL is ignored for SQL
conformance. See for more
information about this capability.
RESTRICT
Ignored for conformance with the SQL standard.
Examples
To rename the function sqrt for type
integer to square_root:
ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) RENAME TO square_root;
To change the owner of the function sqrt for type
integer to joe:
ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) OWNER TO joe;
Compatibility
This statement is partially compatible with the ALTER
FUNCTION> statement in the SQL standard. The standard allows more
properties of a function to be modified, but does not provide the
ability to rename a function, make a function a security definer,
or change the owner or volatility of a function. The standard also
requires the RESTRICT> key word; it is optional in
PostgreSQL>.
See Also