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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-DROPSCHEMA">
 
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  <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPSCHEMA-TITLE">DROP SCHEMA</refentrytitle>
 
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  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 
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  <refname>DROP SCHEMA</refname>
 
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  <refpurpose>remove a schema</refpurpose>
 
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  <primary>DROP SCHEMA</primary>
 
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DROP SCHEMA <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
 
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  <title>Description</title>
 
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  <para>
 
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   <command>DROP SCHEMA</command> removes schemas from the database.
 
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   A schema can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.  Note that
 
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   the owner can drop the schema (and thereby all contained objects)
 
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   even if he does not own some of the objects within the schema.
 
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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 a schema.
 
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    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
 
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      Automatically drop objects (tables, functions, etc.) that are
 
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      contained in the schema.
 
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    <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
 
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      Refuse to drop the schema if it contains any objects.  This is
 
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  <title>Examples</title>
 
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   To remove schema <literal>mystuff</literal> from the database,
 
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DROP SCHEMA mystuff CASCADE;
 
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   <command>DROP SCHEMA</command> is fully conforming with the SQL
 
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   standard, except that the standard only allows one schema to be
 
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   dropped per command.
 
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  <title>See Also</title>
 
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   <member><xref linkend="sql-alterschema" endterm="sql-alterschema-title"></member>
 
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   <member><xref linkend="sql-createschema" endterm="sql-createschema-title"></member>
 
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