DROP LANGUAGE(7)                                          SQL Commands                                          DROP LANGUAGE(7)



NAME
       DROP LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language


SYNOPSIS
       DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]


DESCRIPTION
       DROP LANGUAGE removes the definition of a previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser or the owner
       of the language to use DROP LANGUAGE.

PARAMETERS
       IF EXISTS
              Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

       name   The name of an existing procedural language. For backward compatibility,  the  name  can  be  enclosed  by  single
              quotes.

       CASCADE
              Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language).

       RESTRICT
              Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

EXAMPLES
       This command removes the procedural language plsample:

       DROP LANGUAGE plsample;


COMPATIBILITY
       There is no DROP LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER LANGUAGE [alter_language(7)], CREATE LANGUAGE [create_language(7)], droplang(1)



SQL - Language Statements                                  2011-09-22                                           DROP LANGUAGE(7)