1DROP OPERATOR(7)        PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation       DROP OPERATOR(7)
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NAME

6       DROP_OPERATOR - remove an operator
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SYNOPSIS

9       DROP OPERATOR [ IF EXISTS ] name ( { left_type | NONE } , { right_type | NONE } ) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       DROP OPERATOR drops an existing operator from the database system. To
13       execute this command you must be the owner of the operator.
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PARAMETERS

16       IF EXISTS
17           Do not throw an error if the operator does not exist. A notice is
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20       name
21           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
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23       left_type
24           The data type of the operator's left operand; write NONE if the
25           operator has no left operand.
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27       right_type
28           The data type of the operator's right operand; write NONE if the
29           operator has no right operand.
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31       CASCADE
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34       RESTRICT
35           Refuse to drop the operator if any objects depend on it. This is
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EXAMPLES

39       Remove the power operator a^b for type integer:
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41           DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);
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43       Remove the left unary bitwise complement operator ~b for type bit:
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45           DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);
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47       Remove the right unary factorial operator x!  for type bigint:
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49           DROP OPERATOR ! (bigint, none);
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COMPATIBILITY

52       There is no DROP OPERATOR statement in the SQL standard.
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SEE ALSO

55       CREATE OPERATOR (CREATE_OPERATOR(7)), ALTER OPERATOR
56       (ALTER_OPERATOR(7))
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60PostgreSQL 9.2.24                 2017-11-06                  DROP OPERATOR(7)