Updates the configuration of the specified account. For more information, see Managing accounts.

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ALTER ACCOUNT RENAME TO

Renames an account.

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Syntax

ALTER ACCOUNT <account_name> RENAME TO <new_account_name>;

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Parameters

ParameterDescription
<account_name>The name of the account to be altered.
<new_account_name>The new name for the account. The account name must start and end with an alphabetic character and cannot contain spaces or special characters except for hyphens (-).

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Example

The following command will rename the “dev” account to “staging”. 
ALTER ACCOUNT dev RENAME TO staging;

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ALTER ACCOUNT OWNER TO

Changes the owner of an account. You can view the current owner in the account_owner column of the information_schema.accounts view. For more information, see ownership.

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Syntax

ALTER ACCOUNT <account_name> OWNER TO <identity>

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Parameters

ParameterDescription
<account_name>The name of the account to change the owner of.
<identity>The new owner of the account, which can be the name of a login or service account.

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Example

The following command will set account “dev” owner to “alice@acme.com”. 
ALTER ACCOUNT "dev" OWNER TO "alice@acme.com";