Name
DROP SEQUENCE -- Removes a sequence from a database.
Synopsis
DROP SEQUENCE name [, ...]
Parameters
- name
The name of the sequence you wish to permanently remove. You may drop multiple sequences by specifying their names in a comma-delimited list.
Results
- DROP
The message returned when a sequence is successfully dropped.
- ERROR: sequence "name" does not exist
The error returned if the specified sequence name does not exist.
Description
Use the DROP SEQUENCE command to remove a sequence number generator from a database.
Example
The following example removes a sequence named shipments_ship_id_seq from the database:
booktown=# DROP SEQUENCE shipments_ship_id_seq;
DROP
