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.\"     Title: dblink_disconnect
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2024
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 16.2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "DBLINK_DISCONNECT" "3" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
dblink_disconnect \- closes a persistent connection to a remote database
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
dblink_disconnect() returns text
dblink_disconnect(text connname) returns text
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBdblink_disconnect()\fR
closes a connection previously opened by
\fBdblink_connect()\fR\&. The form with no arguments closes an unnamed connection\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIconnname\fR
.RS 4
The name of a named connection to be closed\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns status, which is always
OK
(since any error causes the function to throw an error instead of returning)\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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SELECT dblink_disconnect();
 dblink_disconnect
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
 OK
(1 row)

SELECT dblink_disconnect(\*(Aqmyconn\*(Aq);
 dblink_disconnect
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
 OK
(1 row)
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}