diff --git a/packages/transform/__tests__/router.test.ts b/packages/transform/__tests__/router.test.ts
index 9e229de8..f90efe16 100644
--- a/packages/transform/__tests__/router.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transform/__tests__/router.test.ts
@@ -223,3 +223,152 @@ describe('object-level routing (transformSql, full module content)', () => {
     expect(viaRouter).toEqual(viaMap);
   });
 });
+
+// =============================================================================
+// Name rebinding (substitution: repoint a reference at a different object)
+// =============================================================================
+
+describe('SchemaRouter name rebinding (unit)', () => {
+  it('resolves a full rebind target and keeps the schema-only API unchanged', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(router.resolveObject('accounts', 'current_actor', 'function')).toEqual({
+      schema: null,
+      name: 'current_user_id',
+    });
+    // schema-only API cannot express de-qualification → reads as unchanged
+    expect(router.resolve('accounts', 'current_actor', 'function')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('inherits the schema-level default for a pure name rebind', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        schema: 'app',
+        relations: { members: { name: 'users' } },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(router.resolveObject('accounts', 'members', 'relation')).toEqual({
+      schema: 'app',
+      name: 'users',
+    });
+    expect(router.resolve('accounts', 'members', 'relation')).toBe('app');
+  });
+
+  it('treats the string shorthand as { schema } and reports rebinds', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        relations: { members: 'app' },
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(router.resolveObject('accounts', 'members', 'relation')).toEqual({ schema: 'app' });
+    expect(router.hasNameRebinds()).toBe(true);
+    expect(router.nameRebinds()).toEqual([
+      {
+        schema: 'accounts',
+        ns: 'function',
+        from: 'current_actor',
+        to: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const plain = new SchemaRouter({ accounts: { relations: { members: 'app' } } });
+    expect(plain.hasNameRebinds()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('name rebinding (transformSqlStatement)', () => {
+  it('rebinds a function call site to a different, unqualified function', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'ALTER TABLE app.posts ADD COLUMN owner uuid DEFAULT accounts.current_actor();',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('current_user_id()');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('accounts.');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('current_actor');
+  });
+
+  it('rebinds a FK target table to a replacement table in another schema', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        relations: { members: { schema: 'app', name: 'users' } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'ALTER TABLE storage.objects ADD CONSTRAINT objects_owner_fkey FOREIGN KEY (owner) REFERENCES accounts.members(id);',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('app.users');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('accounts.members');
+  });
+
+  it('rebinds a call site inside a LANGUAGE sql body', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'CREATE FUNCTION app.is_owner(row_owner uuid) RETURNS boolean AS $$ SELECT row_owner = accounts.current_actor() $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('current_user_id()');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('accounts.current_actor');
+  });
+
+  it('rebinds a policy predicate call site', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'CREATE POLICY owner_select ON app.posts FOR SELECT USING (owner = accounts.current_actor());',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('current_user_id()');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('accounts.');
+  });
+
+  it('de-qualifies a relation reference when the target schema is null', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      legacy: {
+        relations: { settings: { schema: null } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'SELECT * FROM legacy.settings;',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('FROM settings');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('legacy.');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves siblings untouched when only one object is rebound', () => {
+    const router = new SchemaRouter({
+      accounts: {
+        functions: { current_actor: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } },
+      },
+    });
+    const out = transformSqlStatement(
+      'SELECT accounts.current_actor(), accounts.display_name(1);',
+      router,
+      freshResult()
+    ).sql;
+    expect(out).toContain('current_user_id()');
+    expect(out).toContain('accounts.display_name(1)');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/transform/src/index.ts b/packages/transform/src/index.ts
index 27550252..b4024487 100644
--- a/packages/transform/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/transform/src/index.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ export {
 } from './qualify';
 export type {
   ObjectNamespace,
+  ObjectRoute,
+  ObjectRouteTarget,
   RouteNamespace,
   RouteSpec,
   SchemaRoute,
diff --git a/packages/transform/src/router.ts b/packages/transform/src/router.ts
index 3d1ea392..9f229037 100644
--- a/packages/transform/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/transform/src/router.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@
  * `types` — matching `pg_class` / `pg_proc` / `pg_type`), mirroring the routing
  * model already used by {@link qualifyUnqualified}. Resolution is
  * object-route-first, then the schema-level default, then "leave unchanged".
+ *
+ * An object route may also *rebind* — change the object's **name**, not just
+ * the schema it lives in. Routing preserves identity (the same function, a new
+ * address); rebinding repoints a reference at a *different* object, which is
+ * what lets one implementation of a contract be substituted for another:
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * { auth: { functions: { uid: { schema: null, name: 'current_user_id' } } } }
+ * // auth.uid()  ->  current_user_id()
+ * ```
+ *
+ * A `null` target schema de-qualifies the reference (relying on `search_path`),
+ * matching the convention used by the extension router.
  */
 
 /** PostgreSQL object namespaces relevant to schema routing. */
@@ -33,6 +46,26 @@ export type ObjectNamespace = 'relation' | 'function' | 'type';
  */
 export type RouteNamespace = ObjectNamespace | 'schema' | 'unknown';
 
+/**
+ * Where a specific object should be reached instead. Either field may be
+ * omitted: omitting `schema` keeps the schema-level default (or the current
+ * schema when the route has none), and omitting `name` keeps the object's own
+ * name — so `{ name }` alone is a pure rebind and `{ schema }` alone is
+ * equivalent to the shorthand string form.
+ */
+export interface ObjectRoute {
+  /** Target schema, or `null` to make the reference unqualified. */
+  schema?: string | null;
+  /** Target object name — rebinds the reference to a different object. */
+  name?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * An object route target. The shorthand `string` form is the target schema,
+ * identical to `{ schema: target }`.
+ */
+export type ObjectRouteTarget = string | ObjectRoute;
+
 /** Per-source-schema routing: a schema-level default plus per-object routes. */
 export interface SchemaRoute {
   /**
@@ -41,12 +74,12 @@ export interface SchemaRoute {
    * and leave the rest (and the schema itself) untouched.
    */
   schema?: string;
-  /** Relation name (table/view/sequence/matview) → target schema. */
-  relations?: Record<string, string>;
-  /** Function/procedure/aggregate name → target schema. */
-  functions?: Record<string, string>;
-  /** Type/domain name → target schema. */
-  types?: Record<string, string>;
+  /** Relation name (table/view/sequence/matview) → target schema or rebind. */
+  relations?: Record<string, ObjectRouteTarget>;
+  /** Function/procedure/aggregate name → target schema or rebind. */
+  functions?: Record<string, ObjectRouteTarget>;
+  /** Type/domain name → target schema or rebind. */
+  types?: Record<string, ObjectRouteTarget>;
 }
 
 /** The full routing specification: one {@link SchemaRoute} per source schema. */
@@ -106,6 +139,35 @@ export class SchemaRouter {
     return false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * True when any object route changes a name or de-qualifies (rather than
+   * only moving between schemas). Such rewrites cannot be expressed by the
+   * string-level passes at all, so callers use this to require the AST path.
+   */
+  hasNameRebinds(): boolean {
+    return this.nameRebinds().length > 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Every object route that rebinds a name or de-qualifies, keyed by source
+   * schema and namespace. Callers use this to report or verify substitutions.
+   */
+  nameRebinds(): Array<{ schema: string; ns: ObjectNamespace; from: string; to: ObjectRoute }> {
+    const out: Array<{ schema: string; ns: ObjectNamespace; from: string; to: ObjectRoute }> = [];
+    for (const [schema, route] of this.routes) {
+      for (const ns of ['relation', 'function', 'type'] as ObjectNamespace[]) {
+        const bucket = route[NS_BUCKET[ns]];
+        if (!bucket) continue;
+        for (const [from, target] of Object.entries(bucket)) {
+          if (typeof target === 'string') continue;
+          if (target.name === undefined && target.schema !== null) continue;
+          out.push({ schema, ns, from, to: target });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
   /** Every source schema this router may touch. */
   sourceSchemas(): string[] {
     return [...this.routes.keys()];
@@ -122,16 +184,42 @@ export class SchemaRouter {
     name?: string,
     ns: RouteNamespace = 'unknown'
   ): string | undefined {
+    // A `null` target de-qualifies the reference; the schema-only API cannot
+    // express that, so it reads as "unchanged" here.
+    return this.resolveObject(sourceSchema, name, ns)?.schema ?? undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve the full target for `(sourceSchema, name)` in namespace `ns` — both
+   * the schema the reference should live in and, when the route rebinds, the
+   * name it should be reached by. Returns `undefined` to leave it unchanged.
+   *
+   * In the result, `schema` is `null` when the reference should become
+   * unqualified and `undefined` when only the name changes; `name` is
+   * `undefined` when only the schema changes.
+   */
+  resolveObject(
+    sourceSchema: string | undefined | null,
+    name?: string,
+    ns: RouteNamespace = 'unknown'
+  ): ObjectRoute | undefined {
     if (!sourceSchema) return undefined;
     const route = this.routes.get(sourceSchema);
     if (!route) return undefined;
 
     if (name && (ns === 'relation' || ns === 'function' || ns === 'type')) {
-      const bucket = route[NS_BUCKET[ns]];
-      const mapped = bucket?.[name];
-      if (mapped !== undefined) return mapped;
+      const target = route[NS_BUCKET[ns]]?.[name];
+      if (target !== undefined) {
+        if (typeof target === 'string') return { schema: target };
+        // An object route naming no schema inherits the schema-level default,
+        // so a pure rebind leaves placement alone.
+        return {
+          schema: target.schema !== undefined ? target.schema : route.schema,
+          name: target.name
+        };
+      }
     }
-    return route.schema;
+    return route.schema !== undefined ? { schema: route.schema } : undefined;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/transform/src/transform.ts b/packages/transform/src/transform.ts
index f8215b80..c1677c09 100644
--- a/packages/transform/src/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/transform/src/transform.ts
@@ -167,12 +167,22 @@ export function transformNameList(
   const first = names[0];
   if (first?.String?.sval) {
     const schemaName = first.String.sval;
-    const objName = names[names.length - 1]?.String?.sval;
-    const newName = router.resolve(schemaName, objName, ns);
-    if (newName && newName !== schemaName) {
+    const last = names[names.length - 1];
+    const objName = last?.String?.sval;
+    const target = router.resolveObject(schemaName, objName, ns);
+    if (!target) return;
+    if (target.name !== undefined && last?.String?.sval) {
       result.schemasFound.add(schemaName);
-      first.String.sval = newName;
-      result.schemasTransformed.set(schemaName, newName);
+      last.String.sval = target.name;
+    }
+    if (target.schema === null) {
+      // De-qualify: drop the schema element and rely on search_path.
+      result.schemasFound.add(schemaName);
+      names.splice(0, 1);
+    } else if (target.schema && target.schema !== schemaName) {
+      result.schemasFound.add(schemaName);
+      first.String.sval = target.schema;
+      result.schemasTransformed.set(schemaName, target.schema);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -213,11 +223,20 @@ export function transformRelation(
   const oldName = relation.schemaname;
   // A RangeVar names a relation (table/view/sequence/matview); route by the
   // relation name so object-level routes can send it to its own schema.
-  const newName = asRouter(schemaMapping).resolve(oldName, relation.relname, 'relation');
-  if (newName && newName !== oldName) {
+  const target = asRouter(schemaMapping).resolveObject(oldName, relation.relname, 'relation');
+  if (!target) return;
+  if (target.name !== undefined && relation.relname) {
+    result.schemasFound.add(oldName);
+    relation.relname = target.name;
+  }
+  if (target.schema === null) {
+    // De-qualify: drop the schema qualifier and rely on search_path.
+    result.schemasFound.add(oldName);
+    delete relation.schemaname;
+  } else if (target.schema && target.schema !== oldName) {
     result.schemasFound.add(oldName);
-    relation.schemaname = newName;
-    result.schemasTransformed.set(oldName, newName);
+    relation.schemaname = target.schema;
+    result.schemasTransformed.set(oldName, target.schema);
   }
 }