diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/objectaddress.c b/src/backend/catalog/objectaddress.c
index 01aba15f359230c5b0e2f4299cc9e7a8d243e927..d902f9d6ba7d3b0e4a76754d46d6ad1856ce0ebb 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/objectaddress.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/objectaddress.c
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ typedef struct
 	Oid			class_oid;		/* oid of catalog */
 	Oid			oid_index_oid;	/* oid of index on system oid column */
 	int			oid_catcache_id;	/* id of catcache on system oid column	*/
-	int			name_catcache_id;		/* id of catcache on (name,namespace) */
+	int			name_catcache_id;		/* id of catcache on (name,namespace),
+										 * or (name) if the object does not
+										 * live in a namespace */
 	AttrNumber	attnum_name;	/* attnum of name field */
 	AttrNumber	attnum_namespace;		/* attnum of namespace field */
 	AttrNumber	attnum_owner;	/* attnum of owner field */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
index 144768303a96d62d6fe92a3bf9698831e7331159..e25108192ef198bb2ad2d523132402b3cece54d0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
@@ -226,66 +226,3 @@ DefineAggregate(List *name, List *args, bool oldstyle, List *parameters)
 						   transTypeId,	/* transition data type */
 						   initval);	/* initial condition */
 }
-
-
-/*
- * RenameAggregate
- *		Rename an aggregate.
- */
-Oid
-RenameAggregate(List *name, List *args, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			procOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Form_pg_proc procForm;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	rel = heap_open(ProcedureRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	/* Look up function and make sure it's an aggregate */
-	procOid = LookupAggNameTypeNames(name, args, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(PROCOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(procOid));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for function %u", procOid);
-	procForm = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tup);
-
-	namespaceOid = procForm->pronamespace;
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists3(PROCNAMEARGSNSP,
-							  CStringGetDatum(newname),
-							  PointerGetDatum(&procForm->proargtypes),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_FUNCTION),
-				 errmsg("function %s already exists in schema \"%s\"",
-						funcname_signature_string(newname,
-												  procForm->pronargs,
-												  NIL,
-											   procForm->proargtypes.values),
-						get_namespace_name(namespaceOid))));
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_proc_ownercheck(procOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_PROC,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tup))->proname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return procOid;
-}
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/alter.c b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
index b565e9b2c333e4e8c7f2abc2fb4edeb72ec3dc2d..c2d4bb3ed4d58b0ae4d1ed4f81cb7a3eb4205162 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/alter.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_conversion.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_event_trigger.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_foreign_data_wrapper.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_foreign_server.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_language.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_largeobject.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_largeobject_metadata.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_namespace.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_opclass.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_opfamily.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_proc.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_ts_config.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_ts_dict.h"
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "commands/trigger.h"
 #include "commands/typecmds.h"
 #include "commands/user.h"
+#include "parser/parse_func.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "tcop/utility.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -56,49 +63,246 @@
 static Oid AlterObjectNamespace_internal(Relation rel, Oid objid, Oid nspOid);
 
 /*
- * Executes an ALTER OBJECT / RENAME TO statement.	Based on the object
- * type, the function appropriate to that type is executed.
+ * Raise an error to the effect that an object of the given name is already
+ * present in the given namespace.
  */
-Oid
-ExecRenameStmt(RenameStmt *stmt)
+static void
+report_name_conflict(Oid classId, const char *name)
 {
-	switch (stmt->renameType)
+	char   *msgfmt;
+
+	switch (classId)
 	{
-		case OBJECT_AGGREGATE:
-			return RenameAggregate(stmt->object, stmt->objarg, stmt->newname);
+		case EventTriggerRelationId:
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("event trigger \"%s\" already exists");
+			break;
+		case ForeignDataWrapperRelationId:
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("foreign-data wrapper \"%s\" already exists");
+			break;
+		case ForeignServerRelationId:
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("server \"%s\" already exists");
+			break;
+		case LanguageRelationId:
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("language \"%s\" already exists");
+			break;
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "unsupported object class %u", classId);
+			break;
+	}
 
-		case OBJECT_COLLATION:
-			return RenameCollation(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
+	ereport(ERROR,
+			(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+			 errmsg(msgfmt, name)));
+}
 
-		case OBJECT_CONSTRAINT:
-			return RenameConstraint(stmt);
+static void
+report_namespace_conflict(Oid classId, const char *name, Oid nspOid)
+{
+	char   *msgfmt;
 
-		case OBJECT_CONVERSION:
-			return RenameConversion(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
+	Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
 
-		case OBJECT_DATABASE:
-			return RenameDatabase(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+	switch (classId)
+	{
+		case ConversionRelationId:
+			Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("conversion \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
+			break;
+		case TSParserRelationId:
+			Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search parser \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
+			break;
+		case TSDictionaryRelationId:
+			Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search dictionary \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
+			break;
+		case TSTemplateRelationId:
+			Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search template \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
+			break;
+		case TSConfigRelationId:
+			Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
+			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search configuration \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
+			break;
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "unsupported object class %u", classId);
+			break;
+	}
 
-		case OBJECT_FDW:
-			return RenameForeignDataWrapper(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+	ereport(ERROR,
+			(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+			 errmsg(msgfmt, name, get_namespace_name(nspOid))));
+}
 
-		case OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER:
-			return RenameForeignServer(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+/*
+ * AlterObjectRename_internal
+ *
+ * Generic function to rename the given object, for simple cases (won't
+ * work for tables, nor other cases where we need to do more than change
+ * the name column of a single catalog entry).
+ *
+ * rel: catalog relation containing object (RowExclusiveLock'd by caller)
+ * objectId: OID of object to be renamed
+ * new_name: CString representation of new name
+ */
+static void
+AlterObjectRename_internal(Relation rel, Oid objectId, const char *new_name)
+{
+	Oid			classId = RelationGetRelid(rel);
+	int			oidCacheId = get_object_catcache_oid(classId);
+	int			nameCacheId = get_object_catcache_name(classId);
+	AttrNumber	Anum_name = get_object_attnum_name(classId);
+	AttrNumber	Anum_namespace = get_object_attnum_namespace(classId);
+	AttrNumber	Anum_owner = get_object_attnum_owner(classId);
+	AclObjectKind acl_kind = get_object_aclkind(classId);
+	HeapTuple	oldtup;
+	HeapTuple	newtup;
+	Datum		datum;
+	bool		isnull;
+	Oid			namespaceId;
+	Oid			ownerId;
+	char	   *old_name;
+	AclResult	aclresult;
+	Datum	   *values;
+	bool	   *nulls;
+	bool	   *replaces;
 
-		case OBJECT_EVENT_TRIGGER:
-			return RenameEventTrigger(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+	oldtup = SearchSysCache1(oidCacheId, ObjectIdGetDatum(objectId));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(oldtup))
+		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for object %u of catalog \"%s\"",
+			 objectId, RelationGetRelationName(rel));
 
-		case OBJECT_FUNCTION:
-			return RenameFunction(stmt->object, stmt->objarg, stmt->newname);
+	datum = heap_getattr(oldtup, Anum_name,
+						 RelationGetDescr(rel), &isnull);
+	Assert(!isnull);
+	old_name = NameStr(*(DatumGetName(datum)));
 
-		case OBJECT_LANGUAGE:
-			return RenameLanguage(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+	/* Get OID of namespace */
+	if (Anum_namespace > 0)
+	{
+		datum = heap_getattr(oldtup, Anum_namespace,
+							 RelationGetDescr(rel), &isnull);
+		Assert(!isnull);
+		namespaceId = DatumGetObjectId(datum);
+	}
+	else
+		namespaceId = InvalidOid;
 
-		case OBJECT_OPCLASS:
-			return RenameOpClass(stmt->object, stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+	/* Permission checks ... superusers can always do it */
+	if (!superuser())
+	{
+		/* Fail if object does not have an explicit owner */
+		if (Anum_owner <= 0)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+					 (errmsg("must be superuser to rename %s",
+							 getObjectDescriptionOids(classId, objectId)))));
 
-		case OBJECT_OPFAMILY:
-			return RenameOpFamily(stmt->object, stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
+		/* Otherwise, must be owner of the existing object */
+		datum = heap_getattr(oldtup, Anum_owner,
+							 RelationGetDescr(rel), &isnull);
+		Assert(!isnull);
+		ownerId = DatumGetObjectId(datum);
+
+		if (!has_privs_of_role(GetUserId(), DatumGetObjectId(ownerId)))
+			aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, acl_kind, old_name);
+
+		/* User must have CREATE privilege on the namespace */
+		if (OidIsValid(namespaceId))
+		{
+			aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceId, GetUserId(),
+											  ACL_CREATE);
+			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
+				aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
+							   get_namespace_name(namespaceId));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+     * Check for duplicate name (more friendly than unique-index failure).
+     * Since this is just a friendliness check, we can just skip it in cases
+     * where there isn't suitable support.
+     */
+	if (classId == ProcedureRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_proc proc = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(oldtup);
+
+		IsThereFunctionInNamespace(new_name, proc->pronargs,
+								   proc->proargtypes, proc->pronamespace);
+	}
+	else if (classId == CollationRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_collation coll = (Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(oldtup);
+
+		IsThereCollationInNamespace(new_name, coll->collnamespace);
+	}
+	else if (classId == OperatorClassRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_opclass opc = (Form_pg_opclass) GETSTRUCT(oldtup);
+
+		IsThereOpClassInNamespace(new_name, opc->opcmethod,
+								  opc->opcnamespace);
+	}
+	else if (classId == OperatorFamilyRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_opfamily opf = (Form_pg_opfamily) GETSTRUCT(oldtup);
+
+		IsThereOpFamilyInNamespace(new_name, opf->opfmethod,
+								   opf->opfnamespace);
+	}
+	else if (nameCacheId >= 0)
+	{
+		if (OidIsValid(namespaceId))
+		{
+			if (SearchSysCacheExists2(nameCacheId,
+									  CStringGetDatum(new_name),
+									  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceId)))
+				report_namespace_conflict(classId, new_name, namespaceId);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (SearchSysCacheExists1(nameCacheId,
+									  CStringGetDatum(new_name)))
+				report_name_conflict(classId, new_name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Build modified tuple */
+	values = palloc0(RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(rel) * sizeof(Datum));
+	nulls = palloc0(RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(rel) * sizeof(bool));
+	replaces = palloc0(RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(rel) * sizeof(bool));
+	values[Anum_name - 1] = PointerGetDatum(new_name);
+	replaces[Anum_name - 1] = true;
+	newtup = heap_modify_tuple(oldtup, RelationGetDescr(rel),
+							   values, nulls, replaces);
+
+	/* Perform actual update */
+	simple_heap_update(rel, &oldtup->t_self, newtup);
+	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, newtup);
+
+	/* Release memory */
+	pfree(values);
+	pfree(nulls);
+	pfree(replaces);
+	heap_freetuple(newtup);
+
+	ReleaseSysCache(oldtup);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Executes an ALTER OBJECT / RENAME TO statement.	Based on the object
+ * type, the function appropriate to that type is executed.
+ */
+Oid
+ExecRenameStmt(RenameStmt *stmt)
+{
+	switch (stmt->renameType)
+	{
+		case OBJECT_CONSTRAINT:
+			return RenameConstraint(stmt);
+
+		case OBJECT_DATABASE:
+			return RenameDatabase(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
 
 		case OBJECT_ROLE:
 			return RenameRole(stmt->subname, stmt->newname);
@@ -123,21 +327,43 @@ ExecRenameStmt(RenameStmt *stmt)
 		case OBJECT_TRIGGER:
 			return renametrig(stmt);
 
-		case OBJECT_TSPARSER:
-			return RenameTSParser(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
+		case OBJECT_DOMAIN:
+		case OBJECT_TYPE:
+			return RenameType(stmt);
 
+		case OBJECT_AGGREGATE:
+		case OBJECT_COLLATION:
+		case OBJECT_CONVERSION:
+		case OBJECT_EVENT_TRIGGER:
+		case OBJECT_FDW:
+		case OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER:
+		case OBJECT_FUNCTION:
+		case OBJECT_OPCLASS:
+		case OBJECT_OPFAMILY:
+		case OBJECT_LANGUAGE:
+		case OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION:
 		case OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY:
-			return RenameTSDictionary(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
-
+		case OBJECT_TSPARSER:
 		case OBJECT_TSTEMPLATE:
-			return RenameTSTemplate(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
+			{
+				ObjectAddress	address;
+				Relation		catalog;
+				Relation		relation;
 
-		case OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION:
-			return RenameTSConfiguration(stmt->object, stmt->newname);
+				address = get_object_address(stmt->renameType,
+											 stmt->object, stmt->objarg,
+											 &relation,
+											 AccessExclusiveLock, false);
+				Assert(relation == NULL);
 
-		case OBJECT_DOMAIN:
-		case OBJECT_TYPE:
-			return RenameType(stmt);
+				catalog = heap_open(address.classId, RowExclusiveLock);
+				AlterObjectRename_internal(catalog,
+										   address.objectId,
+										   stmt->newname);
+				heap_close(catalog, RowExclusiveLock);
+
+				return address.objectId;
+			}
 
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized rename stmt type: %d",
@@ -287,43 +513,6 @@ AlterObjectNamespace_oid(Oid classId, Oid objid, Oid nspOid,
 	return oldNspOid;
 }
 
-/*
- * Raise an error to the effect that an object of the given name is already
- * present in the given namespace.
- */
-static void
-report_namespace_conflict(Oid classId, const char *name, Oid nspOid)
-{
-	char   *msgfmt;
-
-	Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
-	switch (classId)
-	{
-		case ConversionRelationId:
-			msgfmt = gettext_noop("conversion \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
-			break;
-		case TSParserRelationId:
-			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search parser \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
-			break;
-		case TSDictionaryRelationId:
-			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search dictionary \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
-			break;
-		case TSTemplateRelationId:
-			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search template \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
-			break;
-		case TSConfigRelationId:
-			msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search configuration \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"");
-			break;
-		default:
-			elog(ERROR, "unsupported object class %u", classId);
-			break;
-	}
-
-	ereport(ERROR,
-			(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-			 errmsg(msgfmt, name, get_namespace_name(nspOid))));
-}
-
 /*
  * Generic function to change the namespace of a given object, for simple
  * cases (won't work for tables, nor other cases where we need to do more
@@ -403,31 +592,34 @@ AlterObjectNamespace_internal(Relation rel, Oid objid, Oid nspOid)
 	/*
 	 * Check for duplicate name (more friendly than unique-index failure).
 	 * Since this is just a friendliness check, we can just skip it in cases
-	 * where there isn't a suitable syscache available.
+	 * where there isn't suitable support.
 	 */
 	if (classId == ProcedureRelationId)
 	{
-		HeapTuple	tup;
-		Form_pg_proc proc;
-
-		tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(PROCOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(objid));
-		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-			elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for function %u", objid);
-		proc = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+		Form_pg_proc proc = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tup);
 
 		IsThereFunctionInNamespace(NameStr(proc->proname), proc->pronargs,
 								   proc->proargtypes, nspOid);
-		heap_freetuple(tup);
 	}
 	else if (classId == CollationRelationId)
 	{
-		char *collname;
+		Form_pg_collation coll = (Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+
+		IsThereCollationInNamespace(NameStr(coll->collname), nspOid);
+	}
+	else if (classId == OperatorClassRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_opclass opc = (Form_pg_opclass) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+
+		IsThereOpClassInNamespace(NameStr(opc->opcname),
+								  opc->opcmethod, nspOid);
+	}
+	else if (classId == OperatorFamilyRelationId)
+	{
+		Form_pg_opfamily opf = (Form_pg_opfamily) GETSTRUCT(tup);
 
-		collname = get_collation_name(objid);
-		if (!collname)
-			elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for collation %u", objid);
-		IsThereCollationInNamespace(collname, nspOid);
-		pfree(collname);
+		IsThereOpFamilyInNamespace(NameStr(opf->opfname),
+								   opf->opfmethod, nspOid);
 	}
 	else if (nameCacheId >= 0 &&
 			 SearchSysCacheExists2(nameCacheId, name,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
index 67200f87ba543ad95b519bfa27ce6effc4cb6cae..8326cd0469fa89616b3f860a86ad4e58fb034702 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
@@ -144,54 +144,6 @@ DefineCollation(List *names, List *parameters)
 	return newoid;
 }
 
-/*
- * Rename collation
- */
-Oid
-RenameCollation(List *name, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			collationOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	rel = heap_open(CollationRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	collationOid = get_collation_oid(name, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(COLLOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(collationOid));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for collation %u", collationOid);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(tup))->collnamespace;
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	IsThereCollationInNamespace(newname, namespaceOid);
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_collation_ownercheck(collationOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_COLLATION,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(tup))->collname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	return collationOid;
-}
-
 /*
  * Subroutine for ALTER COLLATION SET SCHEMA and RENAME
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
index 35d4d08680209ebbc30daa4043bf29cda806bab4..84ab434fd707f990e7a78bfefaec0e97ae919c58 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
@@ -114,56 +114,3 @@ CreateConversionCommand(CreateConversionStmt *stmt)
 	return ConversionCreate(conversion_name, namespaceId, GetUserId(),
 							from_encoding, to_encoding, funcoid, stmt->def);
 }
-
-/*
- * Rename conversion
- */
-Oid
-RenameConversion(List *name, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			conversionOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	rel = heap_open(ConversionRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	conversionOid = get_conversion_oid(name, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(CONVOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(conversionOid));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for conversion %u", conversionOid);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_conversion) GETSTRUCT(tup))->connamespace;
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(CONNAMENSP,
-							  CStringGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("conversion \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"",
-						newname, get_namespace_name(namespaceOid))));
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_conversion_ownercheck(conversionOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_CONVERSION,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_conversion) GETSTRUCT(tup))->conname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return conversionOid;
-}
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
index 99b17a03ef399966f211ef5c062c44024ee9140c..9063187f5faf598792e093c56707f42c46036297 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
@@ -417,52 +417,6 @@ AlterEventTrigger(AlterEventTrigStmt *stmt)
 	return trigoid;
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Rename event trigger
- */
-Oid
-RenameEventTrigger(const char *trigname, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			evtId;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	Form_pg_event_trigger evtForm;
-
-	rel = heap_open(EventTriggerRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	/* newname must be available */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists1(EVENTTRIGGERNAME, CStringGetDatum(newname)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("event trigger \"%s\" already exists", newname)));
-
-	/* trigname must exists */
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(EVENTTRIGGERNAME, CStringGetDatum(trigname));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("event trigger \"%s\" does not exist", trigname)));
-	if (!pg_event_trigger_ownercheck(HeapTupleGetOid(tup), GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_EVENT_TRIGGER,
-					   trigname);
-
-	evtId = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-
-	evtForm = (Form_pg_event_trigger) GETSTRUCT(tup);
-
-	/* tuple is a copy, so we can rename it now */
-	namestrcpy(&(evtForm->evtname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	return evtId;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Change event trigger's owner -- by name
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
index d3af8dc22ab64314e1bfe250770eb0da96e454ae..7700e91c821e185aaaca275b71014be733df9f89 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
@@ -200,93 +200,6 @@ GetUserOidFromMapping(const char *username, bool missing_ok)
 	return get_role_oid(username, missing_ok);
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Rename foreign-data wrapper
- */
-Oid
-RenameForeignDataWrapper(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			fdwId;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-
-	rel = heap_open(ForeignDataWrapperRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(FOREIGNDATAWRAPPERNAME, CStringGetDatum(oldname));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-			 errmsg("foreign-data wrapper \"%s\" does not exist", oldname)));
-
-	fdwId = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists1(FOREIGNDATAWRAPPERNAME, CStringGetDatum(newname)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-			 errmsg("foreign-data wrapper \"%s\" already exists", newname)));
-
-	/* must be owner of FDW */
-	if (!pg_foreign_data_wrapper_ownercheck(HeapTupleGetOid(tup), GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_FDW,
-					   oldname);
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_foreign_data_wrapper) GETSTRUCT(tup))->fdwname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return fdwId;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * Rename foreign server
- */
-Oid
-RenameForeignServer(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			srvId;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-
-	rel = heap_open(ForeignServerRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(FOREIGNSERVERNAME, CStringGetDatum(oldname));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("server \"%s\" does not exist", oldname)));
-
-	srvId = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists1(FOREIGNSERVERNAME, CStringGetDatum(newname)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("server \"%s\" already exists", newname)));
-
-	/* must be owner of server */
-	if (!pg_foreign_server_ownercheck(HeapTupleGetOid(tup), GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_FOREIGN_SERVER,
-					   oldname);
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_foreign_server) GETSTRUCT(tup))->srvname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return srvId;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Internal workhorse for changing a data wrapper's owner.
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
index 4f8e82a8e6978f3656e87acc626c932fd71651eb..7b912332febf503080fee061560a0059e57d4b06 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
@@ -1036,65 +1036,6 @@ RemoveFunctionById(Oid funcOid)
 	}
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Rename function
- */
-Oid
-RenameFunction(List *name, List *argtypes, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			procOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Form_pg_proc procForm;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	rel = heap_open(ProcedureRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	procOid = LookupFuncNameTypeNames(name, argtypes, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(PROCOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(procOid));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for function %u", procOid);
-	procForm = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tup);
-
-	if (procForm->proisagg)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
-				 errmsg("\"%s\" is an aggregate function",
-						NameListToString(name)),
-			 errhint("Use ALTER AGGREGATE to rename aggregate functions.")));
-
-	namespaceOid = procForm->pronamespace;
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	IsThereFunctionInNamespace(newname, procForm->pronargs,
-							   procForm->proargtypes,
-							   namespaceOid);
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_proc_ownercheck(procOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_PROC,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(procForm->proname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return procOid;
-}
-
 /*
  * Implements the ALTER FUNCTION utility command (except for the
  * RENAME and OWNER clauses, which are handled as part of the generic
@@ -1677,7 +1618,7 @@ DropCastById(Oid castOid)
 }
 
 /*
- * Subroutine for ALTER FUNCTION/AGGREGATE SET SCHEMA
+ * Subroutine for ALTER FUNCTION/AGGREGATE SET SCHEMA/RENAME
  *
  * Is there a function with the given name and signature already in the given
  * namespace?  If so, raise an appropriate error message.
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
index 4b57e3dbd60d5bf9a6073b594c50cf1cc28a93bb..2cfd89a7f9a3fc3349f7cfbd8b5db650138a79e9 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
@@ -1660,156 +1660,65 @@ RemoveAmProcEntryById(Oid entryOid)
 	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Rename opclass
- */
-Oid
-RenameOpClass(List *name, const char *access_method, const char *newname)
+static char *
+get_am_name(Oid amOid)
 {
-	Oid			opcOid;
-	Oid			amOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	HeapTuple	origtup;
 	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	amOid = get_am_oid(access_method, false);
-
-	rel = heap_open(OperatorClassRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
+	char	   *result = NULL;
 
-	/* Look up the opclass. */
-	origtup = OpClassCacheLookup(amOid, name, false);
-	tup = heap_copytuple(origtup);
-	ReleaseSysCache(origtup);
-	opcOid = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_opclass) GETSTRUCT(tup))->opcnamespace;
+	tup = SearchSysCache1(AMOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(amOid));
+	if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+	{
+		result = pstrdup(NameStr(((Form_pg_am) GETSTRUCT(tup))->amname));
+		ReleaseSysCache(tup);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
 
+/*
+ * Subroutine for ALTER OPERATOR CLASS SET SCHEMA/RENAME
+ *
+ * Is there an operator class with the given name and signature already
+ * in the given namespace?  If so, raise an appropriate error message.
+ */
+void
+IsThereOpClassInNamespace(const char *opcname, Oid opcmethod,
+						  Oid opcnamespace)
+{
 	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
 	if (SearchSysCacheExists3(CLAAMNAMENSP,
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(amOid),
-							  CStringGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-	{
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(opcmethod),
+							  CStringGetDatum(opcname),
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(opcnamespace)))
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 				 errmsg("operator class \"%s\" for access method \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"",
-						newname, access_method,
-						get_namespace_name(namespaceOid))));
-	}
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_opclass_ownercheck(opcOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_OPCLASS,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_opclass) GETSTRUCT(tup))->opcname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return opcOid;
+						opcname,
+						get_am_name(opcmethod),
+						get_namespace_name(opcnamespace))));
 }
 
 /*
- * Rename opfamily
+ * Subroutine for ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY SET SCHEMA/RENAME
+ *
+ * Is there an operator family with the given name and signature already
+ * in the given namespace?  If so, raise an appropriate error message.
  */
-Oid
-RenameOpFamily(List *name, const char *access_method, const char *newname)
+void
+IsThereOpFamilyInNamespace(const char *opfname, Oid opfmethod,
+						   Oid opfnamespace)
 {
-	Oid			opfOid;
-	Oid			amOid;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	char	   *schemaname;
-	char	   *opfname;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	amOid = get_am_oid(access_method, false);
-
-	rel = heap_open(OperatorFamilyRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	/*
-	 * Look up the opfamily
-	 */
-	DeconstructQualifiedName(name, &schemaname, &opfname);
-
-	if (schemaname)
-	{
-		namespaceOid = LookupExplicitNamespace(schemaname);
-
-		tup = SearchSysCacheCopy3(OPFAMILYAMNAMENSP,
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(amOid),
-								  PointerGetDatum(opfname),
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid));
-		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-					 errmsg("operator family \"%s\" does not exist for access method \"%s\"",
-							opfname, access_method)));
-
-		opfOid = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		opfOid = OpfamilynameGetOpfid(amOid, opfname);
-		if (!OidIsValid(opfOid))
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-					 errmsg("operator family \"%s\" does not exist for access method \"%s\"",
-							opfname, access_method)));
-
-		tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(OPFAMILYOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(opfOid));
-		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))		/* should not happen */
-			elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for opfamily %u", opfOid);
-
-		namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_opfamily) GETSTRUCT(tup))->opfnamespace;
-	}
-
 	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
 	if (SearchSysCacheExists3(OPFAMILYAMNAMENSP,
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(amOid),
-							  CStringGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-	{
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(opfmethod),
+							  CStringGetDatum(opfname),
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(opfnamespace)))
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 				 errmsg("operator family \"%s\" for access method \"%s\" already exists in schema \"%s\"",
-						newname, access_method,
-						get_namespace_name(namespaceOid))));
-	}
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_opfamily_ownercheck(opfOid, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_OPFAMILY,
-					   NameListToString(name));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_opfamily) GETSTRUCT(tup))->opfname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return opfOid;
+						opfname,
+						get_am_name(opfmethod),
+						get_namespace_name(opfnamespace))));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/proclang.c b/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
index 718b71185f8f59a09f1256ecbc08a6810061c158..e6c6d4e5e92fb598f01d503c516c733a11867338 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
@@ -536,48 +536,6 @@ DropProceduralLanguageById(Oid langOid)
 	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
 }
 
-/*
- * Rename language
- */
-Oid
-RenameLanguage(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	Oid			lanId;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-
-	rel = heap_open(LanguageRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(LANGNAME, CStringGetDatum(oldname));
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("language \"%s\" does not exist", oldname)));
-
-	lanId = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
-
-	/* make sure the new name doesn't exist */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists1(LANGNAME, CStringGetDatum(newname)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("language \"%s\" already exists", newname)));
-
-	/* must be owner of PL */
-	if (!pg_language_ownercheck(HeapTupleGetOid(tup), GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_LANGUAGE,
-					   oldname);
-
-	/* rename */
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_language) GETSTRUCT(tup))->lanname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return lanId;
-}
-
 /*
  * get_language_oid - given a language name, look up the OID
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
index aea9fd1fac6e08466efbccaff386f7c8eb208439..95377ac492d5dcf656c62818dac10646d1118d48 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
@@ -305,51 +305,6 @@ RemoveTSParserById(Oid prsId)
 	heap_close(relation, RowExclusiveLock);
 }
 
-/*
- * ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER RENAME
- */
-Oid
-RenameTSParser(List *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	Oid			prsId;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-
-	if (!superuser())
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
-				 errmsg("must be superuser to rename text search parsers")));
-
-	rel = heap_open(TSParserRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	prsId = get_ts_parser_oid(oldname, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(TSPARSEROID, ObjectIdGetDatum(prsId));
-
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for text search parser %u", prsId);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_ts_parser) GETSTRUCT(tup))->prsnamespace;
-
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(TSPARSERNAMENSP,
-							  PointerGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("text search parser \"%s\" already exists",
-						newname)));
-
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_ts_parser) GETSTRUCT(tup))->prsname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return prsId;
-}
-
 /* ---------------------- TS Dictionary commands -----------------------*/
 
 /*
@@ -534,59 +489,6 @@ DefineTSDictionary(List *names, List *parameters)
 	return dictOid;
 }
 
-/*
- * ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY RENAME
- */
-Oid
-RenameTSDictionary(List *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	Oid			dictId;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-
-	rel = heap_open(TSDictionaryRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	dictId = get_ts_dict_oid(oldname, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(TSDICTOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(dictId));
-
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for text search dictionary %u",
-			 dictId);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_ts_dict) GETSTRUCT(tup))->dictnamespace;
-
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(TSDICTNAMENSP,
-							  PointerGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("text search dictionary \"%s\" already exists",
-						newname)));
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_ts_dict_ownercheck(dictId, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_TSDICTIONARY,
-					   NameListToString(oldname));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-		aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-					   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_ts_dict) GETSTRUCT(tup))->dictname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return dictId;
-}
-
 /*
  * Guts of TS dictionary deletion.
  */
@@ -904,52 +806,6 @@ DefineTSTemplate(List *names, List *parameters)
 	return tmplOid;
 }
 
-/*
- * ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE RENAME
- */
-Oid
-RenameTSTemplate(List *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	Oid			tmplId;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-
-	if (!superuser())
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
-			   errmsg("must be superuser to rename text search templates")));
-
-	rel = heap_open(TSTemplateRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	tmplId = get_ts_template_oid(oldname, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(TSTEMPLATEOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(tmplId));
-
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for text search template %u",
-			 tmplId);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_ts_template) GETSTRUCT(tup))->tmplnamespace;
-
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(TSTEMPLATENAMENSP,
-							  PointerGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("text search template \"%s\" already exists",
-						newname)));
-
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_ts_template) GETSTRUCT(tup))->tmplname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return tmplId;
-}
-
 /*
  * Guts of TS template deletion.
  */
@@ -1248,58 +1104,6 @@ DefineTSConfiguration(List *names, List *parameters)
 	return cfgOid;
 }
 
-/*
- * ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION RENAME
- */
-Oid
-RenameTSConfiguration(List *oldname, const char *newname)
-{
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	Relation	rel;
-	Oid			cfgId;
-	AclResult	aclresult;
-	Oid			namespaceOid;
-
-	rel = heap_open(TSConfigRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
-	cfgId = get_ts_config_oid(oldname, false);
-
-	tup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(TSCONFIGOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(cfgId));
-
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup)) /* should not happen */
-		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for text search configuration %u",
-			 cfgId);
-
-	namespaceOid = ((Form_pg_ts_config) GETSTRUCT(tup))->cfgnamespace;
-
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(TSCONFIGNAMENSP,
-							  PointerGetDatum(newname),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceOid)))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("text search configuration \"%s\" already exists",
-						newname)));
-
-	/* must be owner */
-	if (!pg_ts_config_ownercheck(cfgId, GetUserId()))
-		aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_TSCONFIGURATION,
-					   NameListToString(oldname));
-
-	/* must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
-	aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
-	aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
-				   get_namespace_name(namespaceOid));
-
-	namestrcpy(&(((Form_pg_ts_config) GETSTRUCT(tup))->cfgname), newname);
-	simple_heap_update(rel, &tup->t_self, tup);
-	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
-
-	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
-	heap_freetuple(tup);
-
-	return cfgId;
-}
-
 /*
  * Guts of TS configuration deletion.
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 76ef11e0495280c7d0075ab61f90b5cc9361aaf7..b19afa88e735cf8016a19722e4296b5463560c32 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -6776,7 +6776,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 				{
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_FDW;
-					n->subname = $5;
+					n->object = list_make1(makeString($5));
 					n->newname = $8;
 					n->missing_ok = false;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -6804,7 +6804,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 				{
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_LANGUAGE;
-					n->subname = $4;
+					n->object = list_make1(makeString($4));
 					n->newname = $7;
 					n->missing_ok = false;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -6814,7 +6814,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_OPCLASS;
 					n->object = $4;
-					n->subname = $6;
+					n->objarg = list_make1(makeString($6));
 					n->newname = $9;
 					n->missing_ok = false;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -6824,7 +6824,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_OPFAMILY;
 					n->object = $4;
-					n->subname = $6;
+					n->objarg = list_make1(makeString($6));
 					n->newname = $9;
 					n->missing_ok = false;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -6842,7 +6842,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 				{
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER;
-					n->subname = $3;
+					n->object = list_make1(makeString($3));
 					n->newname = $6;
 					n->missing_ok = false;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -7015,7 +7015,7 @@ RenameStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE func_name aggr_args RENAME TO name
 				{
 					RenameStmt *n = makeNode(RenameStmt);
 					n->renameType = OBJECT_EVENT_TRIGGER;
-					n->subname = $4;
+					n->object = list_make1(makeString($4));
 					n->newname = $7;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h b/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
index 5aaa1781726e977761cff17eb3666ff8b788b543..178f704842426dab0779942a4f2ecf9c65648eb1 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 
 extern Oid DefineCollation(List *names, List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameCollation(List *name, const char *newname);
-extern void IsThereCollationInNamespace(const char *collname, Oid newNspOid);
+extern void IsThereCollationInNamespace(const char *collname, Oid nspOid);
 
 #endif   /* COLLATIONCMDS_H */
diff --git a/src/include/commands/conversioncmds.h b/src/include/commands/conversioncmds.h
index 3995628974090b3ef188e8653720efbba5a256f2..75e42f5d174c235fcfeb64b79dcd24d56b1c4cfd 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/conversioncmds.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/conversioncmds.h
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 
 extern Oid CreateConversionCommand(CreateConversionStmt *parsetree);
-extern Oid RenameConversion(List *name, const char *newname);
 
 #endif   /* CONVERSIONCMDS_H */
diff --git a/src/include/commands/defrem.h b/src/include/commands/defrem.h
index 7de6d5de9792727c05d29e9659f870228c6c564a..62515b217ea373b1b07e80d8363641510ee1476c 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/defrem.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/defrem.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ extern Oid CreateFunction(CreateFunctionStmt *stmt, const char *queryString);
 extern void RemoveFunctionById(Oid funcOid);
 extern void SetFunctionReturnType(Oid funcOid, Oid newRetType);
 extern void SetFunctionArgType(Oid funcOid, int argIndex, Oid newArgType);
-extern Oid RenameFunction(List *name, List *argtypes, const char *newname);
 extern Oid AlterFunction(AlterFunctionStmt *stmt);
 extern Oid CreateCast(CreateCastStmt *stmt);
 extern void DropCastById(Oid castOid);
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ extern void RemoveOperatorById(Oid operOid);
 /* commands/aggregatecmds.c */
 extern Oid DefineAggregate(List *name, List *args, bool oldstyle,
 				List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameAggregate(List *name, List *args, const char *newname);
 
 /* commands/opclasscmds.c */
 extern Oid DefineOpClass(CreateOpClassStmt *stmt);
@@ -72,28 +70,26 @@ extern void RemoveOpClassById(Oid opclassOid);
 extern void RemoveOpFamilyById(Oid opfamilyOid);
 extern void RemoveAmOpEntryById(Oid entryOid);
 extern void RemoveAmProcEntryById(Oid entryOid);
-extern Oid RenameOpClass(List *name, const char *access_method, const char *newname);
-extern Oid RenameOpFamily(List *name, const char *access_method, const char *newname);
+extern void IsThereOpClassInNamespace(const char *opcname, Oid opcmethod,
+									  Oid opcnamespace);
+extern void IsThereOpFamilyInNamespace(const char *opfname, Oid opfmethod,
+									   Oid opfnamespace);
 extern Oid	get_am_oid(const char *amname, bool missing_ok);
 extern Oid	get_opclass_oid(Oid amID, List *opclassname, bool missing_ok);
 extern Oid	get_opfamily_oid(Oid amID, List *opfamilyname, bool missing_ok);
 
 /* commands/tsearchcmds.c */
 extern Oid DefineTSParser(List *names, List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameTSParser(List *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern void RemoveTSParserById(Oid prsId);
 
 extern Oid DefineTSDictionary(List *names, List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameTSDictionary(List *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern void RemoveTSDictionaryById(Oid dictId);
 extern Oid AlterTSDictionary(AlterTSDictionaryStmt *stmt);
 
 extern Oid DefineTSTemplate(List *names, List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameTSTemplate(List *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern void RemoveTSTemplateById(Oid tmplId);
 
 extern Oid DefineTSConfiguration(List *names, List *parameters);
-extern Oid RenameTSConfiguration(List *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern void RemoveTSConfigurationById(Oid cfgId);
 extern Oid AlterTSConfiguration(AlterTSConfigurationStmt *stmt);
 
@@ -101,8 +97,6 @@ extern text *serialize_deflist(List *deflist);
 extern List *deserialize_deflist(Datum txt);
 
 /* commands/foreigncmds.c */
-extern Oid RenameForeignServer(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
-extern Oid RenameForeignDataWrapper(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern Oid AlterForeignServerOwner(const char *name, Oid newOwnerId);
 extern void AlterForeignServerOwner_oid(Oid, Oid newOwnerId);
 extern Oid AlterForeignDataWrapperOwner(const char *name, Oid newOwnerId);
diff --git a/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h b/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
index 8b86b7005a5ce5646e959f63a9339c20a4a2a7c8..6d84b15b086d213e72d34a3d4960f1d49b6a7dd3 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ extern void RemoveEventTriggerById(Oid ctrigOid);
 extern Oid	get_event_trigger_oid(const char *trigname, bool missing_ok);
 
 extern Oid AlterEventTrigger(AlterEventTrigStmt *stmt);
-extern Oid RenameEventTrigger(const char* trigname, const char *newname);
 extern Oid AlterEventTriggerOwner(const char *name, Oid newOwnerId);
 extern void AlterEventTriggerOwner_oid(Oid, Oid newOwnerId);
 
diff --git a/src/include/commands/proclang.h b/src/include/commands/proclang.h
index 1f17ae4d3dd145dd9b0eb4bb4f83943d680ec2d0..f93b62cdb52b54c9cdd40180dbf7c5e8f4c4e099 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/proclang.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/proclang.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 extern Oid CreateProceduralLanguage(CreatePLangStmt *stmt);
 extern void DropProceduralLanguageById(Oid langOid);
-extern Oid RenameLanguage(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
 extern bool PLTemplateExists(const char *languageName);
 extern Oid	get_language_oid(const char *langname, bool missing_ok);
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_generic.out b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_generic.out
index f27d21787e302f389e15af9ad62c07ac9a8f562a..1d7e52412fe3ad979d762de289362fc40e5f11cf 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_generic.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_generic.out
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user3;  -- fail
 ERROR:  must be member of role "regtest_alter_user3"
 ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf3 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (not owner)
 ERROR:  must be owner of operator family alt_opf3
--- can't test this: the error message includes the raw oid of namespace
--- ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ERROR:  operator family "alt_opf2" for access method "hash" already exists in schema "alt_nsp2"
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc3 USING hash RENAME TO alt_opc4;	-- failed (not owner)
 ERROR:  must be owner of operator class alt_opc3
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc1 USING hash RENAME TO alt_opc4;  -- OK
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user3;  -- faile
 ERROR:  must be member of role "regtest_alter_user3"
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc3 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (not owner)
 ERROR:  must be owner of operator class alt_opc3
--- can't test this: the error message includes the raw oid of namespace
--- ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ERROR:  operator class "alt_opc2" for access method "hash" already exists in schema "alt_nsp2"
 RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
 SELECT nspname, opfname, amname, rolname
   FROM pg_opfamily o, pg_am m, pg_namespace n, pg_authid a
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regtest_alter_user1;
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY alt_ts_dict1 (template=simple);
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY alt_ts_dict2 (template=simple);
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY alt_ts_dict1 RENAME TO alt_ts_dict2;  -- failed (name conflict)
-ERROR:  text search dictionary "alt_ts_dict2" already exists
+ERROR:  text search dictionary "alt_ts_dict2" already exists in schema "alt_nsp1"
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY alt_ts_dict1 RENAME TO alt_ts_dict3;  -- OK
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY alt_ts_dict2 OWNER TO regtest_alter_user2;  -- failed (no role membership)
 ERROR:  must be member of role "regtest_alter_user2"
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regtest_alter_user1;
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION alt_ts_conf1 (copy=english);
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION alt_ts_conf2 (copy=english);
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION alt_ts_conf1 RENAME TO alt_ts_conf2;  -- failed (name conflict)
-ERROR:  text search configuration "alt_ts_conf2" already exists
+ERROR:  text search configuration "alt_ts_conf2" already exists in schema "alt_nsp1"
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION alt_ts_conf1 RENAME TO alt_ts_conf3;  -- OK
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION alt_ts_conf2 OWNER TO regtest_alter_user2;  -- failed (no role membership)
 ERROR:  must be member of role "regtest_alter_user2"
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ SELECT nspname, cfgname, rolname
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp1 (lexize=dsimple_lexize);
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp2 (lexize=dsimple_lexize);
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp1 RENAME TO alt_ts_temp2; -- failed (name conflict)
-ERROR:  text search template "alt_ts_temp2" already exists
+ERROR:  text search template "alt_ts_temp2" already exists in schema "alt_nsp1"
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp1 RENAME TO alt_ts_temp3; -- OK
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp2 SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;    -- OK
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE alt_ts_temp2 (lexize=dsimple_lexize);
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs1
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs2
     (start = prsd_start, gettoken = prsd_nexttoken, end = prsd_end, lextypes = prsd_lextype);
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs1 RENAME TO alt_ts_prs2; -- failed (name conflict)
-ERROR:  text search parser "alt_ts_prs2" already exists
+ERROR:  text search parser "alt_ts_prs2" already exists in schema "alt_nsp1"
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs1 RENAME TO alt_ts_prs3; -- OK
 ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs2 SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;   -- OK
 CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER alt_ts_prs2
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/alter_generic.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/alter_generic.sql
index 6313ed941594c3cae5d89cfe93b5eb1f61e20b98..04c5cc15e6aaedb1148629b383dbe09ba4f49975 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/alter_generic.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/alter_generic.sql
@@ -242,16 +242,14 @@ ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf1 USING hash RENAME TO alt_opf4;  -- OK
 ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf3 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user2;  -- failed (not owner)
 ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user3;  -- failed (no role membership)
 ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf3 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (not owner)
--- can't test this: the error message includes the raw oid of namespace
--- ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY alt_opf2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
 
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc3 USING hash RENAME TO alt_opc4;	-- failed (not owner)
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc1 USING hash RENAME TO alt_opc4;  -- OK
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc3 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user2;  -- failed (not owner)
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash OWNER TO regtest_alter_user3;  -- failed (no role membership)
 ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc3 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (not owner)
--- can't test this: the error message includes the raw oid of namespace
--- ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
+ALTER OPERATOR CLASS alt_opc2 USING hash SET SCHEMA alt_nsp2;  -- failed (name conflict)
 
 RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;