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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_cast.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-dropcast">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-dropcast">
+ <primary>DROP CAST</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>DROP CAST</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DROP CAST</refname>
+ <refpurpose>remove a cast</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+DROP CAST [ IF EXISTS ] (<replaceable>source_type</replaceable> AS <replaceable>target_type</replaceable>) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcast-description">
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>DROP CAST</command> removes a previously defined cast.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ To be able to drop a cast, you must own the source or the target
+ data type. These are the same privileges that are required to
+ create a cast.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not throw an error if the cast does not exist. A notice is issued
+ in this case.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>source_type</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the source data type of the cast.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>target_type</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the target data type of the cast.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ These key words do not have any effect, since there are no
+ dependencies on casts.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcast-examples">
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To drop the cast from type <type>text</type> to type <type>int</type>:
+<programlisting>
+DROP CAST (text AS int);
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcast-compat">
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The <command>DROP CAST</command> command conforms to the SQL standard.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createcast"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>