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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36ffc9a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE.7 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: DROP FOREIGN TABLE +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2023 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.4 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "DROP FOREIGN TABLE" "7" "2023" "PostgreSQL 15.4" "PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE \- remove a foreign table +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +DROP FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBDROP FOREIGN TABLE\fR +removes a foreign table\&. Only the owner of a foreign table can remove it\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +IF EXISTS +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if the foreign table does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIname\fR +.RS 4 +The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of the foreign table to drop\&. +.RE +.PP +CASCADE +.RS 4 +Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign table (such as views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see +Section\ \&5.14)\&. +.RE +.PP +RESTRICT +.RS 4 +Refuse to drop the foreign table if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +To destroy two foreign tables, +films +and +distributors: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +DROP FOREIGN TABLE films, distributors; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +This command conforms to ISO/IEC 9075\-9 (SQL/MED), except that the standard only allows one foreign table to be dropped per command, and apart from the +IF EXISTS +option, which is a +PostgreSQL +extension\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +ALTER FOREIGN TABLE (\fBALTER_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(7)) |