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DROP COLLATION [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-DROPCOLLATION-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
   <code class="command">DROP COLLATION</code> removes a previously defined collation.
   To be able to drop a collation, you must own the collation.
  </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.106.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
       Do not throw an error if the collation does not exist.
       A notice is issued in this case.
      </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
       The name of the collation. The collation name can be
       schema-qualified.
      </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
       Automatically drop objects that depend on the collation,
       and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
       (see <a class="xref" href="ddl-depend.html" title="5.14. Dependency Tracking">Section 5.14</a>).
      </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
       Refuse to drop the collation if any objects depend on it.  This
       is the default.
      </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-DROPCOLLATION-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
   To drop the collation named <code class="literal">german</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
DROP COLLATION german;
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-DROPCOLLATION-COMPAT"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
   The <code class="command">DROP COLLATION</code> command conforms to the
   <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> standard, apart from the <code class="literal">IF
   EXISTS</code> option, which is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension.
  </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.106.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-altercollation.html" title="ALTER COLLATION"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER COLLATION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-createcollation.html" title="CREATE COLLATION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE COLLATION</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropcast.html" title="DROP CAST">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-dropconversion.html" title="DROP CONVERSION">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP CAST </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP CONVERSION</td></tr></table></div></body></html>