Unsupported versions: 7.0 / 6.5 / 6.4

Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.0 has reached end of support. See the current manual.

DROP RULE

Name

DROP RULE — Removes an existing rule from the database

DROP RULE name

Inputs

name: The name of an existing rule to drop.

Outputs

DROP: Message returned if successfully.
ERROR: RewriteGetRuleEventRel: rule "name" not found: This message occurs if the specified rule does not exist.

Description

DROP RULE drops a rule from the specified Postgres rule system. Postgres will immediately cease enforcing it and will purge its definition from the system catalogs.

Notes

The DROP RULE statement is a Postgres language extension.

Refer to CREATE RULE for information on how to create rules.

Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information the rule has written may disappear.

Usage

To drop the rewrite rule newrule:

DROP RULE newrule;

Compatibility

SQL92

There is no DROP RULE in SQL92.

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