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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_OPERATOR_FAMILY.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_OPERATOR_FAMILY.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f1fec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_OPERATOR_FAMILY.7 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: DROP OPERATOR FAMILY +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2024 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 16.2 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "DROP OPERATOR FAMILY" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 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_OPERATOR_FAMILY \- remove an operator family +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +DROP OPERATOR FAMILY [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBDROP OPERATOR FAMILY\fR +drops an existing operator family\&. To execute this command you must be the owner of the operator family\&. +.PP +\fBDROP OPERATOR FAMILY\fR +includes dropping any operator classes contained in the family, but it does not drop any of the operators or functions referenced by the family\&. If there are any indexes depending on operator classes within the family, you will need to specify +CASCADE +for the drop to complete\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +IF EXISTS +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if the operator family does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIname\fR +.RS 4 +The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of an existing operator family\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIindex_method\fR +.RS 4 +The name of the index access method the operator family is for\&. +.RE +.PP +CASCADE +.RS 4 +Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator family, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see +Section\ \&5.14)\&. +.RE +.PP +RESTRICT +.RS 4 +Refuse to drop the operator family if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Remove the B\-tree operator family +float_ops: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +DROP OPERATOR FAMILY float_ops USING btree; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.sp +This command will not succeed if there are any existing indexes that use operator classes within the family\&. Add +CASCADE +to drop such indexes along with the operator family\&. +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +There is no +\fBDROP OPERATOR FAMILY\fR +statement in the SQL standard\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY (\fBALTER_OPERATOR_FAMILY\fR(7)), CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY (\fBCREATE_OPERATOR_FAMILY\fR(7)), ALTER OPERATOR CLASS (\fBALTER_OPERATOR_CLASS\fR(7)), CREATE OPERATOR CLASS (\fBCREATE_OPERATOR_CLASS\fR(7)), DROP OPERATOR CLASS (\fBDROP_OPERATOR_CLASS\fR(7)) |