DROP RULE SQL - Language Statements DROP RULE remove a rewrite rule 1998-09-22 DROP RULE name ON relation [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] 1998-09-22 name The name of an existing rule to drop. relation The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the relation the rule applies to. CASCADE Automatically drop objects that depend on the rule. RESTRICT Refuse to drop the rule if there are any dependent objects. This is the default. 1998-09-22 DROP RULE Message returned if successful. ERROR: Rule "name" not found This message occurs if the specified rule does not exist. 1998-09-22 DROP RULE drops a rule from the specified PostgreSQL rule system. PostgreSQL will immediately cease enforcing it and will purge its definition from the system catalogs. 1998-09-22 The DROP RULE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension. Refer to CREATE RULE for information on how to create rules. To drop the rewrite rule newrule: DROP RULE newrule ON mytable; 1998-09-22 There is no DROP RULE in SQL92.