ALTER SCHEMA SQL - Schema Statements ALTER SCHEMA change the definition of a schema ALTER SCHEMA name RENAME TO newname ALTER SCHEMA changes the definition of a schema. The only functionality is to rename the schema. To rename a schema you must own the schema and have the privilege CREATE for the database. name Name of a schema newname The new name of the schema ALTER SCHEMA Message returned if the alteration was successful. There is no ALTER SCHEMA statement in the SQL standard.