- <refentry id="SQL-DROPFUNCTION">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>
- DROP FUNCTION
- </refentrytitle>
- <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>
- DROP FUNCTION
- </refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Removes a user-defined C function
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <synopsis>
- DROP FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
- </synopsis>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-1">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Inputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="parameter"> name</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of an existing function.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The type of function parameters.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-2">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Outputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- DROP
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Message returned if the command completes successfully.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- WARN RemoveFunction: Function "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" ("<replaceable class="parameter">types</replaceable>") does not exist
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This message is given if the function specified does not
- exist in the current database.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-1">
- <refsect1info>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsect1info>
- <title>
- Description
- </title>
- <para>
- DROP FUNCTION will remove references to an existing C
- function. To execute this command the user must be the
- owner of the function. The input argument types to the
- function must be specified, as only the function with the
- given name and argument types will be removed.
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-3">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Notes
- </title>
- <para>
- Refer to <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command>
- to create aggregate functions.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-2">
- <title>
- Usage
- </title>
- <para>
- This command removes the square root function:
- <programlisting>
- DROP FUNCTION sqrt(int4);
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-3">
- <title>
- Bugs
- </title>
- <para>
- No checks are made to ensure that types, operators or access
- methods that rely on the function have been removed first.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-4">
- <title>
- Compatibility
- </title>
- <para>
- DROP FUNCTION is a <productname>Postgres</productname> language extension.
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPFUNCTION-4">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-04-15</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- SQL/PSM
- </title>
- <para>
- SQL/PSM is a proposed standard to enable function extensibility.
- The SQL/PSM DROP FUNCTION statement has the following syntax:
- <programlisting>
- DROP [ SPECIFIC ] FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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