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.\" Title: DROP LANGUAGE
.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 2024
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation
.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.6
.\" Language: English
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.TH "DROP LANGUAGE" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 15.6" "PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DROP_LANGUAGE \- remove a procedural language
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR
removes the definition of a previously registered procedural language\&. You must be a superuser or the owner of the language to use
\fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
As of
PostgreSQL
9\&.1, most procedural languages have been made into
\(lqextensions\(rq, and should therefore be removed with
\fBDROP EXTENSION\fR
not
\fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
IF EXISTS
.RS 4
Do not throw an error if the language does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of an existing procedural language\&.
.RE
.PP
CASCADE
.RS 4
Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section\ \&5.14)\&.
.RE
.PP
RESTRICT
.RS 4
Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
This command removes the procedural language
plsample:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
There is no
\fBDROP LANGUAGE\fR
statement in the SQL standard\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ALTER LANGUAGE (\fBALTER_LANGUAGE\fR(7)), CREATE LANGUAGE (\fBCREATE_LANGUAGE\fR(7))
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