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>DROP FOREIGN TABLE -- remove a foreign table</DIV
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>DROP FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <TT
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><I
>name</I
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> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]</PRE
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> <TT
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>DROP FOREIGN TABLE</TT
> removes a foreign table.
Only the owner of a foreign table can remove it.
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><TT
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> Do not throw an error if the foreign table does not exist.
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> The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the foreign table to drop.
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> Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign table (such as
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> To destroy two foreign tables, <TT
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>films</TT
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<TT
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> This command conforms to the ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED), except that the
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