'\" t .\" Title: DROP LANGUAGE .\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 2024 .\" Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation .\" Source: PostgreSQL 16.2 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "DROP LANGUAGE" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" DROP_LANGUAGE \- remove a procedural language .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR removes the definition of a previously registered procedural language\&. You must be a superuser or the owner of the language to use \fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR\&. .if n \{\ .sp .\} .RS 4 .it 1 an-trap .nr an-no-space-flag 1 .nr an-break-flag 1 .br .ps +1 \fBNote\fR .ps -1 .br .PP As of PostgreSQL 9\&.1, most procedural languages have been made into \(lqextensions\(rq, and should therefore be removed with \fBDROP EXTENSION\fR not \fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR\&. .sp .5v .RE .SH "PARAMETERS" .PP IF EXISTS .RS 4 Do not throw an error if the language does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. .RE .PP \fIname\fR .RS 4 The name of an existing procedural language\&. .RE .PP CASCADE .RS 4 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)\&. .RE .PP RESTRICT .RS 4 Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&. .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP This command removes the procedural language plsample: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf DROP LANGUAGE plsample; .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "COMPATIBILITY" .PP There is no \fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR statement in the SQL standard\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" ALTER LANGUAGE (\fBALTER_LANGUAGE\fR(7)), CREATE LANGUAGE (\fBCREATE_LANGUAGE\fR(7))