<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >DROP TYPE</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.73 "><LINK REV="MADE" HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PostgreSQL 7.3.2 Documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="SQL Commands" HREF="sql-commands.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="DROP TRIGGER" HREF="sql-droptrigger.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="DROP USER" HREF="sql-dropuser.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesheet.css"><META NAME="creation" CONTENT="2003-02-03T20:17:34"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="REFENTRY" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PostgreSQL 7.3.2 Documentation</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sql-droptrigger.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sql-dropuser.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="SQL-DROPTYPE" >DROP TYPE</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="REFNAMEDIV" ><A NAME="AEN43349" ></A ><H2 >Name</H2 > DROP TYPE -- remove a user-defined data type </DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV" ><A NAME="AEN43352" ></A ><H2 >Synopsis</H2 ><PRE CLASS="SYNOPSIS" >DROP TYPE <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >typename</I ></TT > [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] </PRE ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT2" ><A NAME="R2-SQL-DROPTYPE-1" ></A ><H3 > Inputs </H3 ><P > <P ></P ></P><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT ><TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >typename</I ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing type. </P ></DD ><DT >CASCADE</DT ><DD ><P > Automatically drop objects that depend on the type (such as table columns, functions, operators, etc). </P ></DD ><DT >RESTRICT</DT ><DD ><P > Refuse to drop the type if there are any dependent objects. This is the default. </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><P> </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT2" ><A NAME="R2-SQL-DROPTYPE-2" ></A ><H3 > Outputs </H3 ><P > <P ></P ></P><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT ><TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >DROP TYPE </TT ></DT ><DD ><P > The message returned if the command is successful. </P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >ERROR: RemoveType: type '<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >typename</I ></TT >' does not exist </TT ></DT ><DD ><P > This message occurs if the specified type is not found. </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><P> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="R1-SQL-DROPTYPE-1" ></A ><H2 > Description </H2 ><P > <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >DROP TYPE</TT > will remove a user type from the system catalogs. </P ><P > Only the owner of a type can remove it. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="SQL-DROPTYPE-EXAMPLES" ></A ><H2 >Examples</H2 ><P > To remove the <TT CLASS="TYPE" >box</TT > type: </P><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >DROP TYPE box;</PRE ><P> </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="SQL-DROPTYPE-COMPATIBILITY" ></A ><H2 >Compatibility</H2 ><P > Note that the <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >CREATE TYPE</TT > command and the data type extension mechanisms in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > differ from SQL99. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="SQL-DROPTYPE-SEE-ALSO" ></A ><H2 >See Also</H2 ><A HREF="sql-createtype.html" ><I >CREATE TYPE</I ></A ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-droptrigger.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-dropuser.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >DROP TRIGGER</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-commands.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >DROP USER</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >