ALTER OPERATOR
ALTER OPERATOR — Change the Definition of an Operator
Synopsis
ALTER OPERATOR name ( { left_type | NONE } , { right_type | NONE } )
OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER OPERATOR name ( { left_type | NONE } , { right_type | NONE } )
SET SCHEMA new_schema
ALTER OPERATOR name ( { left_type | NONE } , { right_type | NONE } )
SET ( { RESTRICT = { res_proc | NONE }
| JOIN = { join_proc | NONE }
} [, ... ] )
Description
ALTER OPERATOR changes the definition of an operator.
To use ALTER OPERATOR, you must own the operator. To change the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have CREATE privilege on the operator's schema (these restrictions enforce that changing the owner cannot do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the operator. However, a superuser can change ownership of any operator).
Parameters
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
left_type
The data type of the operator's left operand; write NONE if the operator has no left operand.
right_type
The data type of the operator's right operand; write NONE if the operator has no right operand.
new_owner
The new owner of the operator.
new_schema
The new schema for the operator.
res_proc
The restriction selectivity estimator function for this operator; write NONE to remove the existing selectivity estimator.
join_proc
The join selectivity estimator function for this operator; write NONE to remove the existing selectivity estimator.
Examples
# Change the owner of a custom operator a @@ b for type text:
ALTER OPERATOR @@ (text, text) OWNER TO joe;
# Change the restriction and join selectivity estimator functions for a custom operator a && b for type int[]:
ALTER OPERATOR && (_int4, _int4) SET (RESTRICT = _int_contsel, JOIN = _int_contjoinsel);