DROP LANGUAGE
Section: SQL Commands (7)Updated: 2012-08-14
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NAME
DROP LANGUAGE - remove a procedural languageSYNOPSIS
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP LANGUAGE removes the definition of a previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser or the owner of the language to use DROP LANGUAGE.
PARAMETERS
- IF EXISTS
- Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
- name
- The name of an existing procedural language. For backward compatibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language).
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
EXAMPLES
This command removes the procedural language plsample:
DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
COMPATIBILITY
There is no DROP LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.
SEE ALSO
ALTER LANGUAGE [alter_language(7)], CREATE LANGUAGE [create_language(7)], droplang(1)
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