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doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="SQL-DROPFUNCTION">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>DROP FUNCTION</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP FUNCTION</refname>
<refpurpose>remove a function</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-dropfunction">
<primary>DROP FUNCTION</primary>
</indexterm>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP FUNCTION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ [ <replaceable class="parameter">argmode</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">argname</replaceable> ] <replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
[ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP FUNCTION</command> removes the definition of an existing
function. To execute this command the user must be the
owner of the function. The argument types to the
function must be specified, since several different functions
can exist with the same name and different argument lists.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not throw an error if the function does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">argmode</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The mode of an argument: <literal>IN</>, <literal>OUT</>,
<literal>INOUT</>, or <literal>VARIADIC</>.
If omitted, the default is <literal>IN</>.
Note that <command>DROP FUNCTION</command> does not actually pay
any attention to <literal>OUT</> arguments, since only the input
arguments are needed to determine the function's identity.
So it is sufficient to list the <literal>IN</>, <literal>INOUT</>,
and <literal>VARIADIC</> arguments.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">argname</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an argument.
Note that <command>DROP FUNCTION</command> does not actually pay
any attention to argument names, since only the argument data
types are needed to determine the function's identity.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The data type(s) of the function's arguments (optionally
schema-qualified), if any.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Automatically drop objects that depend on the function (such as
operators or triggers).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Refuse to drop the function if any objects depend on it. This
is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="SQL-DROPFUNCTION-examples">
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
This command removes the square root function:
<programlisting>
DROP FUNCTION sqrt(integer);
</programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="SQL-DROPFUNCTION-compatibility">
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
A <command>DROP FUNCTION</command> statement is defined in the SQL
standard, but it is not compatible with this command.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createfunction"></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-alterfunction"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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