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Hologres:ALTER SCHEMA

Last Updated:Jun 26, 2025

You can execute the ALTER SCHEMA statement to modify a schema in a database. This topic describes how to use the ALTER SCHEMA statement and the limits on the statement.

Limits

You can change only the name of a schema.

Syntax

To use the ALTER SCHEMA statement to change the name of a schema, use the following syntax:

ALTER SCHEMA oldschema RENAME TO newschema; 

Examples

ALTER SCHEMA my_schema RENAME TO new_schema;
SET search_path TO new_schema; --Go to the renamed schema.