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

6       DROP SEQUENCE - remove a sequence
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SYNOPSIS

10       DROP SEQUENCE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       DROP  SEQUENCE  removes sequence number generators. A sequence can only
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PARAMETERS

18       IF EXISTS
19              Do not throw an error if the sequence does not exist.  A  notice
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22       name   The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a sequence.
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25              Automatically drop objects that depend on the sequence.
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EXAMPLES

32       To remove the sequence serial:
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34       DROP SEQUENCE serial;
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COMPATIBILITY

38       DROP SEQUENCE conforms to the SQL standard, except  that  the  standard
39       only  allows one sequence to be dropped per command, and apart from the
40       IF EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.
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SEE ALSO

43       CREATE     SEQUENCE      [create_sequence(7)],      ALTER      SEQUENCE
44       [alter_sequence(7)]
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