DROP INDEX
Section: SQL Commands (7)Updated: 2012-08-14
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NAME
DROP INDEX - remove an indexSYNOPSIS
DROP INDEX [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP INDEX drops an existing index from the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner of the index.
PARAMETERS
- IF EXISTS
- Do not throw an error if the index does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
- name
- The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an index to remove.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the index.
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the index if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
EXAMPLES
This command will remove the index title_idx:
DROP INDEX title_idx;
COMPATIBILITY
DROP INDEX is a PostgreSQL language extension. There are no provisions for indexes in the SQL standard.
SEE ALSO
CREATE INDEX [create_index(7)]
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