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<refentry id="sql-altertsdictionary">
 <indexterm zone="sql-altertsdictionary">
  <primary>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</refname>
  <refpurpose>change the definition of a text search dictionary</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY <replaceable>name</replaceable> (
    <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> [ = <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> ] [, ... ]
)
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY <replaceable>name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>new_name</replaceable>
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY <replaceable>name</replaceable> OWNER TO { <replaceable>new_owner</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY <replaceable>name</replaceable> SET SCHEMA <replaceable>new_schema</replaceable>
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</command> changes the definition of
   a text search dictionary.  You can change the dictionary's
   template-specific options, or change the dictionary's name or owner.
  </para>

  <para>
   You must be the owner of the dictionary to use
   <command>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</command>.
  </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 text search
      dictionary.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of a template-specific option to be set for this dictionary.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The new value to use for a template-specific option.
      If the equal sign and value are omitted, then any previous
      setting for the option is removed from the dictionary,