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+
+<refentry id="SQL-ALTERTABLESPACE">
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle id="SQL-ALTERTABLESPACE-TITLE">ALTER TABLESPACE</refentrytitle>
+  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>ALTER TABLESPACE</refname>
+  <refpurpose>change the definition of a tablespace</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>  
+  
+ <indexterm zone="sql-altertablespace">
+  <primary>ALTER TABLESPACE</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>newname</replaceable>
+ALTER TABLESPACE <replaceable>name</replaceable> OWNER TO <replaceable>newowner</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+  
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Description</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</command> changes the definition of
+   a tablespace.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+  
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Parameters</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The name of an existing tablespace.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">newname</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The new name of the tablespace.  The new name cannot
+      begin with <literal>pg_</literal>, as such names
+      are reserved for system tablespaces.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">newowner</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The new owner of the tablespace.
+      You must be a superuser to change the owner of a tablespace.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Examples</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Rename tablespace <literal>index_space</literal> to <literal>fast_raid</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid;
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Change the owner of tablespace <literal>index_space</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary;
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+  <para>
+   There is no <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</command> statement in
+   the SQL standard.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>See Also</title>
+
+  <simplelist type="inline">
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-createtablespace" endterm="sql-createtablespace-title"></member>
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-droptablespace" endterm="sql-droptablespace-title"></member>
+  </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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