DROP TABLESPACE
DROP TABLESPACE
DROP TABLESPACE - remove a tablespace
Synopsis
DROP TABLESPACE [ IF EXISTS ] name
Description
DROP TABLESPACE
removes a tablespace from the system.
A tablespace can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.
The tablespace must be empty of all database objects before it can be
dropped. It is possible that objects in other databases might still reside
in the tablespace even if no objects in the current database are using
the tablespace. Also, if the tablespace is listed in the
temp_tablespaces
setting of any active session, the
DROP
might fail due to temporary files residing in the
tablespace.
Parameters
-
IF EXISTS -
Do not throw an error if the tablespace does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
-
name -
The name of a tablespace.
Notes
DROP TABLESPACE
cannot be executed inside a transaction block.
Examples
To remove tablespace
mystuff
from the system:
DROP TABLESPACE mystuff;
Compatibility
DROP TABLESPACE
is a
PostgreSQL
extension.