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<refentry id="sql-dropstatistics">
<indexterm zone="sql-dropstatistics">
<primary>DROP STATISTICS</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>DROP STATISTICS</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP STATISTICS</refname>
<refpurpose>remove extended statistics</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP STATISTICS [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP STATISTICS</command> removes statistics object(s) from the
database. Only the statistics object's owner, the schema owner, or a
superuser can drop a statistics object.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not throw an error if the statistics object 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 the statistics object to drop.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies
on statistics.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To destroy two statistics objects in different schemas, without failing
if they don't exist:
<programlisting>
DROP STATISTICS IF EXISTS
accounting.users_uid_creation,
public.grants_user_role;
</programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
There is no <command>DROP STATISTICS</command> command in the SQL standard.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-alterstatistics"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createstatistics"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>