SET SCHEMA

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Warning:
As of May 10, 2022, CockroachDB v20.2 is no longer supported. For more details, refer to the Release Support Policy.

New in v20.2: The SET SCHEMA statement changes the schema of a table, sequence, or view.

Note:

SET SCHEMA is a subcommand of ALTER TABLE, ALTER SEQUENCE, and ALTER VIEW.

CockroachDB also supports SET SCHEMA as an alias for setting the search_path session variable.

Required privileges

The user must have the DROP privilege on the table, sequence, or view, and the CREATE privilege on the schema.

Syntax

Tables

ALTER TABLE [IF EXISTS] <name> SET SCHEMA <newschemaname>

Sequences

ALTER SEQUENCE [IF EXISTS] <name> SET SCHEMA <newschemaname>

Views

ALTER [MATERIALIZED] VIEW [IF EXISTS] <name> SET SCHEMA <newschemaname>

Parameters

Parameter Description
name The name of the table, sequence, or view to alter.
newschemaname The name of the table's new schema.

Examples

Setup

The following examples use MovR, a fictional vehicle-sharing application, to demonstrate CockroachDB SQL statements. For more information about the MovR example application and dataset, see MovR: A Global Vehicle-sharing App.

To follow along, run cockroach demo to start a temporary, in-memory cluster with the movr dataset preloaded:

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$ cockroach demo

Change the schema of a table

Suppose you want to add the promo_codes table to a new schema called cockroach_labs.

By default, unqualified tables created in the database belong to the public schema:

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> SHOW TABLES;
  schema_name |         table_name         | type  | estimated_row_count
--------------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------
  public      | promo_codes                | table |                1000
  public      | rides                      | table |                 500
  public      | user_promo_codes           | table |                   0
  public      | users                      | table |                  50
  public      | vehicle_location_histories | table |                1000
  public      | vehicles                   | table |                  15
(6 rows)

If the new schema does not already exist, create it:

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> CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS cockroach_labs;

Then, change the table's schema:

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> ALTER TABLE promo_codes SET SCHEMA cockroach_labs;
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> SHOW TABLES;
   schema_name   |         table_name         | type  | estimated_row_count
-----------------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------
  cockroach_labs | promo_codes                | table |                1000
  public         | rides                      | table |                 500
  public         | user_promo_codes           | table |                   0
  public         | users                      | table |                  50
  public         | vehicle_location_histories | table |                1000
  public         | vehicles                   | table |                  15
(6 rows)

Change the schema of a sequence

Suppose you create a sequence that you would like to add to a new schema called cockroach_labs:

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> CREATE SEQUENCE even_numbers INCREMENT 2 START 2;
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> SHOW SEQUENCES;
  sequence_schema | sequence_name
------------------+----------------
  public          | even_numbers
(1 row)

By default, unqualified sequences created in the database belong to the public schema:

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> SHOW CREATE public.even_numbers;
      table_name      |                                        create_statement
----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  public.even_numbers | CREATE SEQUENCE public.even_numbers MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807 INCREMENT 2 START 2
(1 row)

If the new schema does not already exist, create it:

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> CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS cockroach_labs;

Then, change the sequence's schema:

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> ALTER SEQUENCE even_numbers SET SCHEMA cockroach_labs;
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> SHOW CREATE public.even_numbers;
ERROR: relation "public.even_numbers" does not exist
SQLSTATE: 42P01
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> SHOW SEQUENCES;
  sequence_schema | sequence_name
------------------+----------------
  cockroach_labs  | even_numbers
(1 row)
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> SHOW CREATE cockroach_labs.even_numbers;
          table_name          |                                            create_statement
------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  cockroach_labs.even_numbers | CREATE SEQUENCE cockroach_labs.even_numbers MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807 INCREMENT 2 START 2
(1 row)

Change the schema of a view

Suppose you create a new view that you want to add to a schema called cockroach_labs:

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> CREATE VIEW expensive_rides (id, revenue) AS SELECT id, revenue FROM rides WHERE revenue > 50;

By default, unqualified views created in the database belong to the public schema:

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> SHOW CREATE public.expensive_rides;
        table_name       |                                                 create_statement
-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  public.expensive_rides | CREATE VIEW public.expensive_rides (id, revenue) AS SELECT id, revenue FROM movr.public.rides WHERE revenue > 50
(1 row)

If the new schema does not already exist, create it:

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> CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS cockroach_labs;

Then, change the view's schema:

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> ALTER VIEW expensive_rides SET SCHEMA cockroach_labs;
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> SHOW CREATE public.expensive_rides;
ERROR: relation "public.expensive_rides" does not exist
SQLSTATE: 42P01
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> SHOW CREATE cockroach_labs.expensive_rides;
            table_name           |                                                     create_statement
---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  cockroach_labs.expensive_rides | CREATE VIEW cockroach_labs.expensive_rides (id, revenue) AS SELECT id, revenue FROM movr.public.rides WHERE revenue > 50
(1 row)

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