1DROP FUNCTION(7)         PostgreSQL 16.1 Documentation        DROP FUNCTION(7)
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NAME

6       DROP_FUNCTION - remove a function
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SYNOPSIS

9       DROP FUNCTION [ IF EXISTS ] name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ argname ] argtype [, ...] ] ) ] [, ...]
10           [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       DROP FUNCTION removes the definition of an existing function. To
14       execute this command the user must be the owner of the function. The
15       argument types to the function must be specified, since several
16       different functions can exist with the same name and different argument
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PARAMETERS

20       IF EXISTS
21           Do not throw an error if the function does not exist. A notice is
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24       name
25           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function. If
26           no argument list is specified, the name must be unique in its
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30           The mode of an argument: IN, OUT, INOUT, or VARIADIC. If omitted,
31           the default is IN. Note that DROP FUNCTION does not actually pay
32           any attention to OUT arguments, since only the input arguments are
33           needed to determine the function's identity. So it is sufficient to
34           list the IN, INOUT, and VARIADIC arguments.
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36       argname
37           The name of an argument. Note that DROP FUNCTION does not actually
38           pay any attention to argument names, since only the argument data
39           types are needed to determine the function's identity.
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42           The data type(s) of the function's arguments (optionally
43           schema-qualified), if any.
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45       CASCADE
46           Automatically drop objects that depend on the function (such as
47           operators or triggers), and in turn all objects that depend on
48           those objects (see Section 5.14).
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50       RESTRICT
51           Refuse to drop the function if any objects depend on it. This is
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EXAMPLES

55       This command removes the square root function:
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57           DROP FUNCTION sqrt(integer);
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59       Drop multiple functions in one command:
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61           DROP FUNCTION sqrt(integer), sqrt(bigint);
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63       If the function name is unique in its schema, it can be referred to
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66           DROP FUNCTION update_employee_salaries;
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70           DROP FUNCTION update_employee_salaries();
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72       which refers to a function with zero arguments, whereas the first
73       variant can refer to a function with any number of arguments, including
74       zero, as long as the name is unique.
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COMPATIBILITY

77       This command conforms to the SQL standard, with these PostgreSQL
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80       •   The standard only allows one function to be dropped per command.
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SEE ALSO

87       CREATE FUNCTION (CREATE_FUNCTION(7)), ALTER FUNCTION
88       (ALTER_FUNCTION(7)), DROP PROCEDURE (DROP_PROCEDURE(7)), DROP ROUTINE
89       (DROP_ROUTINE(7))
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93PostgreSQL 16.1                      2023                     DROP FUNCTION(7)
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