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.\" Title: DROP ACCESS METHOD
.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\" Date: 2024
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation
.\" Source: PostgreSQL 16.2
.\" Language: English
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.TH "DROP ACCESS METHOD" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DROP_ACCESS_METHOD \- remove an access method
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
DROP ACCESS METHOD [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBDROP ACCESS METHOD\fR
removes an existing access method\&. Only superusers can drop access methods\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
IF EXISTS
.RS 4
Do not throw an error if the access method does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of an existing access method\&.
.RE
.PP
CASCADE
.RS 4
Automatically drop objects that depend on the access method (such as operator classes, operator families, and indexes), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section\ \&5.14)\&.
.RE
.PP
RESTRICT
.RS 4
Refuse to drop the access method if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Drop the access method
heptree:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
DROP ACCESS METHOD heptree;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
\fBDROP ACCESS METHOD\fR
is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE ACCESS METHOD (\fBCREATE_ACCESS_METHOD\fR(7))
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