DROP FUNCTION SQL - Language Statements DROP FUNCTION Removes a user-defined C function 1999-07-20 DROP FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] ) 1998-04-15 Inputs name The name of an existing function. type The type of function parameters. 1998-04-15 Outputs DROP Message returned if the command completes successfully. WARN RemoveFunction: Function "name" ("types") does not exist This message is given if the function specified does not exist in the current database. 1998-04-15 Description DROP FUNCTION will remove references to an existing C function. To execute this command the user must be the owner of the function. The input argument types to the function must be specified, as only the function with the given name and argument types will be removed. 1998-04-15 Notes Refer to for information on creating aggregate functions. No checks are made to ensure that types, operators or access methods that rely on the function have been removed first. Usage This command removes the square root function: DROP FUNCTION sqrt(int4); Compatibility 1999-07-20 SQL92 DROP FUNCTION is a Postgres language extension. 1998-04-15 SQL/PSM SQL/PSM is a proposed standard to enable function extensibility. The SQL/PSM DROP FUNCTION statement has the following syntax: DROP [ SPECIFIC ] FUNCTION name { RESTRICT | CASCADE }