ALTER_RULE(7pg13)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the ALTER_RULE(7pg13) page — ALTER_RULE is literally the command for change the definition of a rule. tiny name, real power, we love to see it 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ALTER RULE name ON table_name RENAME TO new_name

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So ALTER RULE changes properties of an existing rule. Currently, the only available action is to change the rule’s name — that’s the whole menu rn, no cap.

To use ALTER RULE, you must own the table or view that the rule applies to. like, it’s not giving “borrow your bestie’s rule and rename it,” okay? ownership check says hi 🙈

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• name — the name of an existing rule to alter. this is the rule you’re giving a glow-up / new identity ✨
• table_name — the name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that the rule applies to. yes, the table or view it belongs to, bestie 💖
• new_name — the new name for the rule. fresh name, same rule, iconic behavior 👑

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🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

To rename an existing rule:

ALTER RULE notify_all ON emp RENAME TO notify_me;

see? notify_all said “not me anymore,” and now it’s notify_me. we’re obsessed 🫶

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🌈 COMPATIBILITY 🌈

ALTER RULE is a PostgreSQL language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system. so yeah, this is very much a PostgreSQL-specific vibe — iykyk 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• CREATE RULE (CREATE_RULE(7))
• DROP RULE (DROP_RULE(7))

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mwah 💖 this lil page is from PostgreSQL 13.23 documentation, dated 2025 — now go forth and rename responsibly, bestie 🧚✨