ALTER PACKAGE

Function

ALTER PACKAGE alters the attributes of a package.

Precautions

Currently, only users with the ALTER PACKAGE OWNER permission can run this command. The system administrator has this permission by default. The restrictions are as follows:

• The current user must be the owner of the package or the system administrator and a member of the new owner role.

Syntax

• Change the owner of a package.

  ALTER PACKAGE package_name OWNER TO new_owner;
  

Parameter Description

• package_name

  Specifies the name of the package to be modified.

  Value range: an existing package name. Only one package can be modified at a time.

• new_owner

  Specifies the new owner of a package. To change the owner of a package, the new owner must have the CREATE permission on the schema to which the package belongs.

  Value range: an existing user role.

Examples

For details, see CREATE PACKAGE.

Helpful Links

CREATE PACKAGE and DROP PACKAGE