DROP TABLE(7)            PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation           DROP TABLE(7)

NAME
       DROP_TABLE - remove a table

SYNOPSIS
       DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
       DROP TABLE removes tables from the database. Only the table owner, the
       schema owner, and superuser can drop a table. To empty a table of rows
       without destroying the table, use DELETE or TRUNCATE.

       DROP TABLE always removes any indexes, rules, triggers, and constraints
       that exist for the target table. However, to drop a table that is
       referenced by a view or a foreign-key constraint of another table,
       CASCADE must be specified. (CASCADE will remove a dependent view
       entirely, but in the foreign-key case it will only remove the
       foreign-key constraint, not the other table entirely.)

PARAMETERS
       IF EXISTS
           Do not throw an error if the table does not exist. A notice is
           issued in this case.

       name
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as
           views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
           Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is the
           default.

EXAMPLES
       To destroy two tables, films and distributors:

           DROP TABLE films, distributors;

COMPATIBILITY
       This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard
       only allows one table to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF
       EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER TABLE (ALTER_TABLE(7)), CREATE TABLE (CREATE_TABLE(7))

PostgreSQL 16.2                      2024                        DROP TABLE(7)