Name
DROP RULE -- Removes existing rules from
the database
Synopsis
DROP RULE name [, ...]
Inputs
- name
-
The name of an existing rule to drop.
Outputs
- DROP
-
Message returned if successful.
- ERROR: Rule or view
"name" not found
-
This message occurs if the specified rule does not
exist.
Description
DROP RULE drops a rule from the
specified Postgres rule system.
Postgres will immediately cease
enforcing it and will purge its definition from the system
catalogs.
Notes
The DROP RULE statement is a
Postgres language
extension.
Refer to CREATE RULE for information
on how to create rules.
Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information the
rule has written may disappear.
Usage
To drop the rewrite rule newrule:
DROP RULE newrule;
Compatibility
SQL92
There is no DROP RULE in SQL92.
