DROP LANGUAGE
DROP LANGUAGE
DROP LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language
Synopsis
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP LANGUAGE
removes the definition of a
previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser
or the owner of the language to use
DROP LANGUAGE
.
Note
As of
PostgreSQL
9.1, most procedural
languages have been made into
"
extensions
"
, and should
therefore be removed with
DROP EXTENSION
not
DROP LANGUAGE
.
Parameters
-
IF EXISTS -
Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
-
name -
The name of an existing procedural language. For backward compatibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes.
-
CASCADE -
Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14 ).
-
RESTRICT -
Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
This command removes the procedural language
plsample
:
DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
Compatibility
There is no
DROP LANGUAGE
statement in the SQL
standard.