- <refentry id="SQL-DROPSEQUENCE">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>
- DROP SEQUENCE
- </refentrytitle>
- <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>
- DROP SEQUENCE
- </refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Removes an existing sequence
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <synopsis>
- DROP SEQUENCE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...]
- </synopsis>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-1">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Inputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of a sequence.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-2">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Outputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- DROP
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The message returned if the sequence is successfully dropped.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- WARN: Relation "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" does not exist.
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This message occurs if the specified sequence does not exist.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-1">
- <refsect1info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect1info>
- <title>
- Description
- </title>
- <para>
- <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> removes sequence number generators from the
- data base. With the current implementation of sequences as
- special tables it works just like the <command>DROP TABLE</command>
- statement.
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-3">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Notes
- </title>
- <para>
- The <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> statement is a
- <productname>Postgres</productname>
- language extension.
- </para>
- <para>
- Refer to the <command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> statement for
- information on how to create a sequence.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-2">
- <title>
- Usage
- </title>
- <para>
- To remove sequence <literal>serial</literal> from database:
- <programlisting>
- DROP SEQUENCE serial;
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-3">
- <title>
- Compatibility
- </title>
- <para>
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-4">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- SQL92
- </title>
- <para>
- There is no <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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