ALTER_LANGUAGE(7pg16)

✨ ALTER_LANGUAGE — PostgreSQL 16.15 docs, but make it bestie ✨

okay so this is the ALTER_LANGUAGE(7) page from the PostgreSQL 16.15 Documentation, and it’s giving tiny but mighty 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ALTER_LANGUAGE — change the definition of a procedural language. That’s the whole name vibe, periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so ALTER LANGUAGE changes the definition of a procedural language. The only functionality is to rename the language or assign a new owner. That’s it, that’s the whole main character energy here 🎀

You must be superuser or owner of the language to use ALTER LANGUAGE. no cap, permissions are literally the vibe check 🔥

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• name — Name of a language 🦋
• new_name — The new name of the language ✨
• new_owner — The new owner of the language 💖

🦋 COMPATIBILITY 🦋

There is no ALTER LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard. fr fr, it’s just not there 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• CREATE LANGUAGE (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7)) — go read the origin story bestie 👑
• DROP LANGUAGE (DROP_LANGUAGE(7)) — the dramatic exit arc 🫶

🫶 cute sign-off: PostgreSQL 16.15, dated 2026 — that’s the whole page, mwah 💋