DROP FOREIGN TABLE
Section: PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation (7)
Updated: 2024
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NAME
DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE - remove a foreign table
SYNOPSIS
DROP FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP FOREIGN TABLE
removes a foreign table. Only the owner of a foreign table can remove it.
PARAMETERS
IF EXISTS
-
Do not throw an error if the foreign table does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the foreign table to drop.
CASCADE
-
Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign table (such as views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section 5.14).
RESTRICT
-
Refuse to drop the foreign table if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
EXAMPLES
To destroy two foreign tables,
films
and
distributors:
-
DROP FOREIGN TABLE films, distributors;
COMPATIBILITY
This command conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED), except that the standard only allows one foreign table to be dropped per command, and apart from the
IF EXISTS
option, which is a
PostgreSQL
extension.
SEE ALSO
ALTER FOREIGN TABLE (ALTER_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7))
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- PARAMETERS
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- EXAMPLES
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- SEE ALSO
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