ALTER STATISTICS ALTER STATISTICS 7 SQL - Language Statements ALTER STATISTICS change the definition of a extended statistics ALTER STATISTICS name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } ALTER STATISTICS name RENAME TO new_name ALTER STATISTICS name SET SCHEMA new_schema ALTER STATISTICS changes the parameters of an existing extended statistics. Any parameters not specifically set in the ALTER STATISTICS command retain their prior settings. You must own the statistics to use ALTER STATISTICS. To change a statistics' schema, you must also have CREATE 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 CREATE privilege on the statistics' schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the statistics. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any statistics anyway.) name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the statistics to be altered. new_owner The user name of the new owner of the statistics. new_name The new name for the statistics. new_schema The new schema for the statistics. There's no ALTER STATISTICS command in the SQL standard.