1DROP LANGUAGE(7)                 SQL Commands                 DROP LANGUAGE(7)
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NAME

6       DROP LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language
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SYNOPSIS

10       DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       DROP  LANGUAGE removes the definition of a previously registered proce‐
15       dural language. You must be a superuser or the owner of the language to
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PARAMETERS

19       IF EXISTS
20              Do  not  throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice
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23       name   The name of an existing procedural language. For  backward  com‐
24              patibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes.
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26       CASCADE
27              Automatically  drop objects that depend on the language (such as
28              functions in the language).
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30       RESTRICT
31              Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is
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EXAMPLES

35       This command removes the procedural language plsample:
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37       DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
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COMPATIBILITY

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

44       ALTER   LANGUAGE   [alter_language(7)],  CREATE  LANGUAGE  [create_lan‐
45       guage(7)], droplang(1)
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49SQL - Language Statements         2014-02-17                  DROP LANGUAGE(7)
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