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  • Committer: alvherre
  • Date: 2005-12-16 21:24:52 UTC
  • Revision ID: svn-v4:db760fc0-0f08-0410-9d63-cc6633f64896:trunk:1
Initial import of the REL8_0_3 sources from the Pgsql CVS repository.

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<refentry id="SQL-DROPGROUP">
 
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  <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPGROUP-TITLE">DROP GROUP</refentrytitle>
 
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  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 
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  <refname>DROP GROUP</refname>
 
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  <refpurpose>remove a user group</refpurpose>
 
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  <primary>DROP GROUP</primary>
 
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DROP GROUP <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
 
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  <title>Description</title>
 
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   <command>DROP GROUP</command> removes the specified group.  The
 
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   users in the group are not removed.
 
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  <title>Parameters</title>
 
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    <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
 
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      The name of an existing group.
 
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  <title>Notes</title>
 
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   It is unwise to drop a group that has any
 
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   granted permissions on objects.  Currently, this is not enforced,
 
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  <title>Examples</title>
 
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   To drop a group:
 
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DROP GROUP staff;
 
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  <title>Compatibility</title>
 
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   There is no <command>DROP GROUP</command> statement in the SQL standard.
 
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   <member><xref linkend="sql-altergroup" endterm="sql-altergroup-title"></member>
 
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