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SQL Commands / Roles & Privileges

DROP USER

Read the PG 18 manual

remove a database role

Reading PG 18current·documented in 30 of 30 versions, 6.4 to 20

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Syntax

DROP USER [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...]
Syntax diagrams

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DROP USER IF EXISTS name ,

Description

DROP USER is simply an alternate spelling of DROP ROLE.

Compatibility

The DROP USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.

See Also

DROP ROLE
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Related entries

DROP ROLE

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