Section 7 · Overviews and conventions

DROP_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER.7

Package: postgresql

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
EXAMPLES
COMPATIBILITY
SEE ALSO

NAME

DROP_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER − remove a foreign−data wrapper

SYNOPSIS

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER [ IF EXISTS ] name [, …] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER removes an existing foreign−data wrapper. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the foreign−data wrapper.

PARAMETERS

IF EXISTS

Do not throw an error if the foreign−data wrapper does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name

The name of an existing foreign−data wrapper.

CASCADE

Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign−data wrapper (such as foreign tables and servers), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

RESTRICT

Refuse to drop the foreign−data wrapper if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

EXAMPLES

Drop the foreign−data wrapper dbi:

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER dbi;

COMPATIBILITY

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER conforms to ISO/IEC 9075−9 (SQL/MED). The IF EXISTS clause is a PostgreSQL extension.