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  <refentrytitle id="SQL-ALTEROPCLASS-TITLE">ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</refentrytitle>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</refname>
  <refpurpose>change the definition of an operator class</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>  
  
 <indexterm zone="sql-alteropclass">
  <primary>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS <replaceable>name</replaceable> USING <replaceable class="parameter">index_method</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>newname</replaceable>
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
  
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</command> changes the definition of
   an operator class.  The only functionality is to rename the
   operator class.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
  
 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator
      class.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">index_method</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of the index method this operator class is for.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">newname</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The new name of the operator class.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
   
 <refsect1>
  <title>Diagnostics</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><computeroutput>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</computeroutput></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Message returned if the command was successful.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   There is no <command>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</command> statement in
   the SQL standard.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-createopclass" endterm="sql-createopclass-title"></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-dropopclass" endterm="sql-dropopclass-title"></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>
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