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DROP TABLE()			 SQL Commands			  DROP TABLE()

NAME
       DROP TABLE - remove a table

SYNOPSIS
       DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
       DROP TABLE removes tables from the database.  Only its owner can drop a
       table. To empty a table of  rows	 without  destroying  the  table,  use
       DELETE [delete(7)] or TRUNCATE [truncate(l)].

       DROP TABLE always removes any indexes, rules, triggers, and constraints
       that exist for the target table.	 However, to drop a table that is ref‐
       erenced by a view or a foreign-key constraint of another table, CASCADE
       must be specified. (CASCADE will remove a dependent view entirely,  but
       in the foreign-key case it will only remove the foreign-key constraint,
       not the other table entirely.)

PARAMETERS
       IF EXISTS
	      Do not throw an error if the table does not exist. A  notice  is
	      issued in this case.

       name   The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.

       CASCADE
	      Automatically  drop  objects  that  depend on the table (such as
	      views).

       RESTRICT
	      Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on	 it.  This  is
	      the default.

EXAMPLES
       To destroy two tables, films and distributors:

       DROP TABLE films, distributors;

COMPATIBILITY
       This  command  conforms	to  the SQL standard, except that the standard
       only allows one table to be dropped per command, and apart from the  IF
       EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER TABLE [alter_table(7)], CREATE TABLE [create_table(l)]

SQL - Language Statements	  2008-02-01			  DROP TABLE()
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