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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_RULE.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_RULE.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..637b35c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_RULE.7 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: DROP RULE +.\" 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 RULE" "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_RULE \- remove a rewrite rule +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +DROP RULE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR ON \fItable_name\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBDROP RULE\fR +drops a rewrite rule\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +IF EXISTS +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if the rule does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIname\fR +.RS 4 +The name of the rule to drop\&. +.RE +.PP +\fItable_name\fR +.RS 4 +The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of the table or view that the rule applies to\&. +.RE +.PP +CASCADE +.RS 4 +Automatically drop objects that depend on the rule, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see +Section\ \&5.14)\&. +.RE +.PP +RESTRICT +.RS 4 +Refuse to drop the rule if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +To drop the rewrite rule +newrule: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +DROP RULE newrule ON mytable; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +\fBDROP RULE\fR +is a +PostgreSQL +language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +CREATE RULE (\fBCREATE_RULE\fR(7)), ALTER RULE (\fBALTER_RULE\fR(7)) |