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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_collation.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-dropcollation">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-dropcollation">
+ <primary>DROP COLLATION</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>DROP COLLATION</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DROP COLLATION</refname>
+ <refpurpose>remove a collation</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+DROP COLLATION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable>name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcollation-description">
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>DROP COLLATION</command> removes a previously defined collation.
+ To be able to drop a collation, you must own the collation.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not throw an error if the collation does not exist.
+ A notice is issued in this case.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the collation. The collation name can be
+ schema-qualified.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Automatically drop objects that depend on the collation,
+ 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 collation if any objects depend on it. This
+ is the default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcollation-examples">
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To drop the collation named <literal>german</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+DROP COLLATION german;
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-dropcollation-compat">
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The <command>DROP COLLATION</command> command conforms to the
+ <acronym>SQL</acronym> standard, apart from the <literal>IF
+ EXISTS</literal> option, which is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-altercollation"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createcollation"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>