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DROP RULE
Name
DROP RULE -- remove a rewrite rule
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 PostgreSQL rule
system. PostgreSQL will
immediately cease enforcing it and will purge its definition from
the system catalogs.
Notes
The DROP RULE statement is a
PostgreSQL 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.