ALTER RULE

ALTER RULE

Changes the definition of a rule.

Synopsis

ALTER RULE name ON table_name RENAME TO new_name

Description

ALTER RULE changes properties of an existing rule. Currently, the only available action is to change the rule's name.

To use ALTER RULE, you must own the table or view that the rule applies to.

Parameters

name
The name of an existing rule to alter.
table_name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that the rule applies to.
new_name
The new name for the rule.

Compatibility

ALTER RULE is a Greenplum Database language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system.