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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_transform.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-droptransform">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-droptransform">
+ <primary>DROP TRANSFORM</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>DROP TRANSFORM</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DROP TRANSFORM</refname>
+ <refpurpose>remove a transform</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+DROP TRANSFORM [ IF EXISTS ] FOR <replaceable>type_name</replaceable> LANGUAGE <replaceable>lang_name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-droptransform-description">
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>DROP TRANSFORM</command> removes a previously defined transform.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ To be able to drop a transform, you must own the type and the language.
+ These are the same privileges that are required to create a transform.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not throw an error if the transform does not exist. A notice is issued
+ in this case.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>type_name</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the data type of the transform.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>lang_name</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the language of the transform.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Automatically drop objects that depend on the transform,
+ and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
+ (see <xref linkend="ddl-depend"/>).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Refuse to drop the transform if any objects depend on it. This is the
+ default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-droptransform-examples">
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To drop the transform for type <type>hstore</type> and language
+ <literal>plpythonu</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+DROP TRANSFORM FOR hstore LANGUAGE plpythonu;
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-droptransform-compat">
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This form of <command>DROP TRANSFORM</command> is a
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. See <xref
+ linkend="sql-createtransform"/> for details.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createtransform"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>