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DROP POLICY [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ON <em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.123.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">DROP POLICY</code> removes the specified policy from the table.
Note that if the last policy is removed for a table and the table still has
row level security enabled via <code class="command">ALTER TABLE</code>, then the
default-deny policy will be used. <code class="literal">ALTER TABLE ... DISABLE ROW
LEVEL SECURITY</code> can be used to disable row level security for a
table, whether policies for the table exist or not.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.123.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Do not throw an error if the policy does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of the policy to drop.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that
the policy is on.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
These key words do not have any effect, since there are no
dependencies on policies.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.123.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
To drop the policy called <code class="literal">p1</code> on the table named
<code class="literal">my_table</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
DROP POLICY p1 ON my_table;
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.123.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
<code class="command">DROP POLICY</code> is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.123.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createpolicy.html" title="CREATE POLICY"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE POLICY</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-alterpolicy.html" title="ALTER POLICY"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER POLICY</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-drop-owned.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-dropprocedure.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP OWNED </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP PROCEDURE</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
