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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-dropoperator">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-dropoperator">
+ <primary>DROP OPERATOR</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>DROP OPERATOR</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DROP OPERATOR</refname>
+ <refpurpose>remove an operator</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+DROP OPERATOR [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( { <replaceable class="parameter">left_type</replaceable> | NONE } , <replaceable class="parameter">right_type</replaceable> ) [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>DROP OPERATOR</command> drops an existing operator from
+ the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner
+ of the operator.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not throw an error if the operator does not exist. A notice is issued
+ in this case.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">left_type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The data type of the operator's left operand; write
+ <literal>NONE</literal> if the operator has no left operand.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">right_type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The data type of the operator's right operand.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator (such as views
+ using it), 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 operator if any objects depend on it. This
+ is the default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Remove the power operator <literal>a^b</literal> for type <type>integer</type>:
+<programlisting>
+DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Remove the bitwise-complement prefix operator
+ <literal>~b</literal> for type <type>bit</type>:
+<programlisting>
+DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Remove multiple operators in one command:
+<programlisting>
+DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit), ^ (integer, integer);
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ There is no <command>DROP OPERATOR</command> statement in the SQL standard.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-createoperator"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-alteroperator"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>