Name
DROP LANGUAGE -- Removes a procedural language from a database.
Synopsis
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE '
name
'
Parameters
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name
-
The name of the existing language you wish to remove from the database.
Results
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DROP
-
The message returned if the language is successfully removed without error.
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ERROR: Language "
name
" doesn't exist
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The error returned if the language you specify does not exist within the database.
Description
Use the DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE command to remove the definition of the procedural language named
name
.
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Warning
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DROP LANGUAGE does not check to make sure that functions and triggers you have registered for use with this language have been removed. Be sure that no existing functions in your database rely on a language before dropping it.
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Example
The following example removes the plexample language from the booktown database:
booktown=#
DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE 'plexample';
DROP
