DROP LANGUAGE

Removes a procedural language.

Synopsis

DROP [PROCEDURAL] LANGUAGE [IF EXISTS] <name> [CASCADE | RESTRICT]

Description

DROP LANGUAGE will remove the definition of the previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser or owner of the language to drop a language.

Parameters

• PROCEDURAL: Optional keyword - has no effect.

• 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 may be enclosed by single quotes.

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

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

Examples

Remove the procedural language plsample:

DROP LANGUAGE plsample;

Compatibility

There is no DROP LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

ALTER LANGUAGE, CREATE LANGUAGE