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>DROP LANGUAGE</H1
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>Name</H2
>DROP LANGUAGE -- remove a procedural language</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
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>DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]</PRE
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>Description</H2
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> <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP LANGUAGE</TT
> removes the definition of a
previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser
or the owner of the language to use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP LANGUAGE</TT
>.
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><B
>Note: </B
> As of <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> 9.1, most procedural
languages have been made into <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"extensions"</SPAN
>, and should
therefore be removed with <A
HREF="sql-dropextension.html"
>DROP EXTENSION</A
>
not <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP LANGUAGE</TT
>.
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>Parameters</H2
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><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>IF EXISTS</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
</P
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><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The name of an existing procedural language. For backward
compatibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CASCADE</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as
functions in the language).
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>RESTRICT</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This
is the default.
</P
></DD
></DL
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><A
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><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
> This command removes the procedural language
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>plsample</TT
>:
</P><PRE
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>DROP LANGUAGE plsample;</PRE
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>Compatibility</H2
><P
> There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP LANGUAGE</TT
> statement in the SQL
standard.
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>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-alterlanguage.html"
>ALTER LANGUAGE</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-createlanguage.html"
>CREATE LANGUAGE</A
>, <A
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>droplang</SPAN
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