DROP SEQUENCE
SQL - Language Statements
DROP SEQUENCE
remove a sequence
DROP SEQUENCE
DROP SEQUENCE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP SEQUENCE removes sequence number generators.
Parameters
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the sequence does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a sequence.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the sequence.
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the sequence if any objects depend on it. This
is the default.
Examples
To remove the sequence serial:
DROP SEQUENCE serial;
Compatibility
DROP SEQUENCE conforms to the SQL
standard, except that the standard only allows one
sequence to be dropped per command, and apart from the
IF EXISTS> option, which is a PostgreSQL>
extension.
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