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<refentry id="SQL-ALTERLANGUAGE">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-ALTERLANGUAGE-title">ALTER LANGUAGE</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ALTER LANGUAGE</refname>
<refpurpose>change the definition of a procedural language</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-alterlanguage">
<primary>ALTER LANGUAGE</primary>
</indexterm>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER LANGUAGE <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>newname</replaceable>
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>ALTER LANGUAGE</command> changes the definition of a
language. The only functionality is to rename the language. Only
a superuser can rename languages.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of a language
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>newname</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new name of the language
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
There is no <command>ALTER LANGUAGE</command> statement in the SQL
standard.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title"></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-droplanguage" endterm="sql-droplanguage-title"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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