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However, a superuser can alter ownership of any operator22   class anyway.)23  </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.21.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>24      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator25      class.26     </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>index_method</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>27      The name of the index method this operator class is for.28     </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>29      The new name of the operator class.30     </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>31      The new owner of the operator class.32     </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>new_schema</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>33      The new schema for the operator class.34     </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.21.7"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>35   There is no <code class="command">ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</code> statement in36   the SQL standard.37  </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.21.8"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createopclass.html" title="CREATE OPERATOR CLASS"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE OPERATOR CLASS</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-dropopclass.html" title="DROP OPERATOR CLASS"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP OPERATOR CLASS</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alteropfamily.html" title="ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-alteroperator.html" title="ALTER OPERATOR">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-alteropfamily.html" title="ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ALTER OPERATOR </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY</td></tr></table></div></body></html>