1DROP LANGUAGE(7)         PostgreSQL 12.6 Documentation        DROP LANGUAGE(7)
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NAME

6       DROP_LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       DROP LANGUAGE removes the definition of a previously registered
13       procedural language. You must be a superuser or the owner of the
14       language to use DROP LANGUAGE.
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17           As of PostgreSQL 9.1, most procedural languages have been made into
18           “extensions”, and should therefore be removed with DROP EXTENSION
19           (DROP_EXTENSION(7)) not DROP LANGUAGE.
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PARAMETERS

22       IF EXISTS
23           Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is
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26       name
27           The name of an existing procedural language. For backward
28           compatibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes.
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31           Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as
32           functions in the language), and in turn all objects that depend on
33           those objects (see Section 5.14).
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36           Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is
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EXAMPLES

40       This command removes the procedural language plsample:
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42           DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
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COMPATIBILITY

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

48       ALTER LANGUAGE (ALTER_LANGUAGE(7)), CREATE LANGUAGE
49       (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7))
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