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title: "ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER"
source: https://cloudberry.apache.org/docs/sql-stmts/alter-text-search-parser
---

# ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER

## Description

Changes the definition of a text search parser.

## Synopsis

```sql
ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER <name> RENAME TO <new_name>
ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER <name> SET SCHEMA <new_schema>
```

## Description

`ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER` changes the definition of a text search parser. Currently, the only supported functionality is to change the parser's name.

You must be a superuser to use `ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER`.

## Parameters

**`name`**

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing text search parser.

**`new_name`**

The new name of the text search parser.

**`new_schema`**

The new schema for the text search parser.

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER` statement in the SQL standard.

## See also

[CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER](/docs/sql-stmts/create-text-search-parser.md), [DROP TEXT SEARCH PARSER](/docs/sql-stmts/drop-text-search-parser.md)