RENAME FUNCTION SQL Statement (External) | Teradata Database - RENAME FUNCTION (External Form) - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Teradata Database
Release Number
20.00
Publication Date
June 2025
Content Type
SQL Reference
Publication ID
B035-1144-200K
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Renames either the overloaded calling function name or specific function name for an external function.

ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Other SQL dialects support similar non-ANSI standard statements with names such as RENAME.

Required Privileges

You must have both of the following privileges to rename an external UDF.
  • DROP FUNCTION on the external UDF or its containing database.
  • CREATE FUNCTION on the database that contains the external UDF.

If the function is a row-level security UDF, you must also have the CONSTRAINT DEFINITION privilege to execute RENAME FUNCTION.

Before renaming a row-level security UDF, you must use ALTER CONSTRAINT to drop or replace the UDF in any CONSTRAINT objects that specify the UDF.