ALTER_LANGUAGE(7pg14)

💅 ALTER LANGUAGE (7pg14) — the glow-up page for procedural languages ✨

okay so bestie, this is the ALTER LANGUAGE page from the PostgreSQL 14.24 Documentation and honestly? it's a little short but it serves. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ALTER_LANGUAGE — change the definition of a procedural language 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }

that's it, that's the whole vibe. two shapes, pick your fighter 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ALTER LANGUAGE changes the definition of a procedural language. and like… that's genuinely all it does, no cap. the only functionality is to rename the language or assign a new owner. that's the whole main character arc. 👑

but listen — you can't just waltz in here. you must be superuser or owner of the language to use ALTER LANGUAGE. so if you're not, that's a vibe check you're failing, sorry 😭

lowkey important: superuser, or the owner. there is no third option. periodt.

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🧚 PARAMETERS 🧚

• name — the name of a language 💫
• new_name — the new name of the language, aka its rebrand 🌈
• new_owner — the new owner of the language, handing over the crown 👑

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💀 COMPATIBILITY 💀

there is no ALTER LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard. not a thing. doesn't exist there. we're built different, iykyk 🔥

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• CREATE LANGUAGE (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7)) 🌱
• DROP LANGUAGE (DROP_LANGUAGE(7)) 🪦

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and that's the page!! 🎀✨ this little icon was brought to you by PostgreSQL 14.24, dated 2026, and filed under ALTER LANGUAGE(7) — go forth and rename responsibly bestie 💜🦋