1DROP TYPE(7)             PostgreSQL 12.2 Documentation            DROP TYPE(7)
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NAME

6       DROP_TYPE - remove a data type
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SYNOPSIS

9       DROP TYPE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       DROP TYPE removes a user-defined data type. Only the owner of a type
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PARAMETERS

16       IF EXISTS
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20       name
21           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the data type to remove.
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23       CASCADE
24           Automatically drop objects that depend on the type (such as table
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29           Refuse to drop the type if any objects depend on it. This is the
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EXAMPLES

33       To remove the data type box:
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35           DROP TYPE box;
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COMPATIBILITY

38       This command is similar to the corresponding command in the SQL
39       standard, apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL
40       extension. But note that much of the CREATE TYPE command and the data
41       type extension mechanisms in PostgreSQL differ from the SQL standard.
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SEE ALSO

44       ALTER TYPE (ALTER_TYPE(7)), CREATE TYPE (CREATE_TYPE(7))
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