1DROP RULE()                      SQL Commands                      DROP RULE()
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NAME

6       DROP RULE - remove a rewrite rule
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SYNOPSIS

10       DROP RULE [ IF EXISTS ] name ON relation [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       DROP RULE drops a rewrite rule.
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PARAMETERS

17       IF EXISTS
18              Do  not  throw  an error if the rule does not exist. A notice is
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21       name   The name of the rule to drop.
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23       relation
24              The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that
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27       CASCADE
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31              Refuse to drop the rule if any objects depend on it. This is the
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EXAMPLES

35       To drop the rewrite rule newrule:
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37       DROP RULE newrule ON mytable;
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COMPATIBILITY

41       There is no DROP RULE statement in the SQL standard.
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SEE ALSO

44       CREATE RULE [create_rule(7)]
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48SQL - Language Statements         2008-06-08                       DROP RULE()