1ALTER FUNCTION(7)        PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation       ALTER FUNCTION(7)
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NAME

6       ALTER_FUNCTION - change the definition of a function
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SYNOPSIS

9       ALTER FUNCTION name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]
10           action [ ... ] [ RESTRICT ]
11       ALTER FUNCTION name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]
12           RENAME TO new_name
13       ALTER FUNCTION name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]
14           OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
15       ALTER FUNCTION name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]
16           SET SCHEMA new_schema
17       ALTER FUNCTION name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ]
18           [ NO ] DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extension_name
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20       where action is one of:
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22           CALLED ON NULL INPUT | RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT | STRICT
23           IMMUTABLE | STABLE | VOLATILE
24           [ NOT ] LEAKPROOF
25           [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY INVOKER | [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY DEFINER
26           PARALLEL { UNSAFE | RESTRICTED | SAFE }
27           COST execution_cost
28           ROWS result_rows
29           SUPPORT support_function
30           SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
31           SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
32           RESET configuration_parameter
33           RESET ALL
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DESCRIPTION

36       ALTER FUNCTION changes the definition of a function.
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38       You must own the function to use ALTER FUNCTION. To change a function's
39       schema, you must also have CREATE privilege on the new schema. To alter
40       the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new
41       owning role, and that role must have CREATE privilege on the function's
42       schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn't do
43       anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the function.
44       However, a superuser can alter ownership of any function anyway.)
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PARAMETERS

47       name
48           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function. If
49           no argument list is specified, the name must be unique in its
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52       argmode
53           The mode of an argument: IN, OUT, INOUT, or VARIADIC. If omitted,
54           the default is IN. Note that ALTER FUNCTION does not actually pay
55           any attention to OUT arguments, since only the input arguments are
56           needed to determine the function's identity. So it is sufficient to
57           list the IN, INOUT, and VARIADIC arguments.
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59       argname
60           The name of an argument. Note that ALTER FUNCTION does not actually
61           pay any attention to argument names, since only the argument data
62           types are needed to determine the function's identity.
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64       argtype
65           The data type(s) of the function's arguments (optionally
66           schema-qualified), if any.
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68       new_name
69           The new name of the function.
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71       new_owner
72           The new owner of the function. Note that if the function is marked
73           SECURITY DEFINER, it will subsequently execute as the new owner.
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75       new_schema
76           The new schema for the function.
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78       DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extension_name
79       NO DEPENDS ON EXTENSION extension_name
80           This form marks the function as dependent on the extension, or no
81           longer dependent on that extension if NO is specified. A function
82           that's marked as dependent on an extension is automatically dropped
83           when the extension is dropped.
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85       CALLED ON NULL INPUT
86       RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT
87       STRICT
88           CALLED ON NULL INPUT changes the function so that it will be
89           invoked when some or all of its arguments are null.  RETURNS NULL
90           ON NULL INPUT or STRICT changes the function so that it is not
91           invoked if any of its arguments are null; instead, a null result is
92           assumed automatically. See CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for
93           more information.
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95       IMMUTABLE
96       STABLE
97       VOLATILE
98           Change the volatility of the function to the specified setting. See
99           CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for details.
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101       [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY INVOKER
102       [ EXTERNAL ] SECURITY DEFINER
103           Change whether the function is a security definer or not. The key
104           word EXTERNAL is ignored for SQL conformance. See CREATE FUNCTION
105           (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for more information about this capability.
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107       PARALLEL
108           Change whether the function is deemed safe for parallelism. See
109           CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for details.
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111       LEAKPROOF
112           Change whether the function is considered leakproof or not. See
113           CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for more information about
114           this capability.
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116       COST execution_cost
117           Change the estimated execution cost of the function. See CREATE
118           FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for more information.
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120       ROWS result_rows
121           Change the estimated number of rows returned by a set-returning
122           function. See CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)) for more
123           information.
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125       SUPPORT support_function
126           Set or change the planner support function to use for this
127           function. See Section 37.11 for details. You must be superuser to
128           use this option.
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130           This option cannot be used to remove the support function
131           altogether, since it must name a new support function. Use CREATE
132           OR REPLACE FUNCTION if you need to do that.
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134       configuration_parameter
135       value
136           Add or change the assignment to be made to a configuration
137           parameter when the function is called. If value is DEFAULT or,
138           equivalently, RESET is used, the function-local setting is removed,
139           so that the function executes with the value present in its
140           environment. Use RESET ALL to clear all function-local settings.
141           SET FROM CURRENT saves the value of the parameter that is current
142           when ALTER FUNCTION is executed as the value to be applied when the
143           function is entered.
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145           See SET(7) and Chapter 19 for more information about allowed
146           parameter names and values.
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148       RESTRICT
149           Ignored for conformance with the SQL standard.
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EXAMPLES

152       To rename the function sqrt for type integer to square_root:
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154           ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) RENAME TO square_root;
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156       To change the owner of the function sqrt for type integer to joe:
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158           ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) OWNER TO joe;
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160       To change the schema of the function sqrt for type integer to maths:
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162           ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) SET SCHEMA maths;
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164       To mark the function sqrt for type integer as being dependent on the
165       extension mathlib:
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167           ALTER FUNCTION sqrt(integer) DEPENDS ON EXTENSION mathlib;
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169       To adjust the search path that is automatically set for a function:
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171           ALTER FUNCTION check_password(text) SET search_path = admin, pg_temp;
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173       To disable automatic setting of search_path for a function:
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175           ALTER FUNCTION check_password(text) RESET search_path;
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177       The function will now execute with whatever search path is used by its
178       caller.
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COMPATIBILITY

181       This statement is partially compatible with the ALTER FUNCTION
182       statement in the SQL standard. The standard allows more properties of a
183       function to be modified, but does not provide the ability to rename a
184       function, make a function a security definer, attach configuration
185       parameter values to a function, or change the owner, schema, or
186       volatility of a function. The standard also requires the RESTRICT key
187       word, which is optional in PostgreSQL.
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SEE ALSO

190       CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)), DROP FUNCTION (DROP_FUNCTION(7)),
191       ALTER PROCEDURE (ALTER_PROCEDURE(7)), ALTER ROUTINE (ALTER_ROUTINE(7))
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