---
name: "alter_conversion"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "postgresql"
version: "7.4.7-6sarge6"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alter_conversion"
---

# alter\_conversion(7)

change the definition of a conversion

## NAME

ALTER CONVERSION - change the definition of a conversion

## SYNOPSIS

```
ALTER CONVERSION name RENAME TO newname

```

## DESCRIPTION

**ALTER CONVERSION** changes the definition of a conversion. The only currently available functionality is to rename the conversion.

## PARAMETERS

- *name*

  The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing conversion.

- *newname*

  The new name of the conversion.

## EXAMPLES

To rename the conversion iso\_8859\_1\_to\_utf\_8 to latin1\_to\_unicode:

```
ALTER CONVERSION iso_8859_1_to_utf_8 RENAME TO latin1_to_unicode;

```

## COMPATIBILITY

There is no **ALTER CONVERSION** statement in the SQL standard.

## SEE ALSO

CREATE CONVERSION \[[**create\_conversion**(7)](/create_conversion/7.md)\], DROP CONVERSION \[**drop\_conversion**(l)\]