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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_SCHEMA.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_SCHEMA.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..419075e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_SCHEMA.7 @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: DROP SCHEMA +.\" 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 SCHEMA" "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_SCHEMA \- remove a schema +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +DROP SCHEMA [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBDROP SCHEMA\fR +removes schemas from the database\&. +.PP +A schema can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser\&. Note that the owner can drop the schema (and thereby all contained objects) even if they do not own some of the objects within the schema\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +IF EXISTS +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if the schema does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIname\fR +.RS 4 +The name of a schema\&. +.RE +.PP +CASCADE +.RS 4 +Automatically drop objects (tables, functions, etc\&.) that are contained in the schema, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see +Section\ \&5.14)\&. +.RE +.PP +RESTRICT +.RS 4 +Refuse to drop the schema if it contains any objects\&. This is the default\&. +.RE +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +Using the +CASCADE +option might make the command remove objects in other schemas besides the one(s) named\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +To remove schema +mystuff +from the database, along with everything it contains: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +DROP SCHEMA mystuff CASCADE; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +\fBDROP SCHEMA\fR +is fully conforming with the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one schema to be dropped per command, and apart from the +IF EXISTS +option, which is a +PostgreSQL +extension\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +ALTER SCHEMA (\fBALTER_SCHEMA\fR(7)), CREATE SCHEMA (\fBCREATE_SCHEMA\fR(7)) |