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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml,v 1.23 2006/09/16 00:30:18 momjian Exp $
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<refentry id="SQL-DROPINDEX">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPINDEX-TITLE">DROP INDEX</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>DROP INDEX</refname>
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<refpurpose>remove an index</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="sql-dropindex">
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<primary>DROP INDEX</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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DROP INDEX [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<command>DROP INDEX</command> drops an existing index from the database
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system. To execute this command you must be the owner of
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the index.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Parameters</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Do not throw an error if the index does not exist. A notice is issued
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in this case.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an index to remove.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Automatically drop objects that depend on the index.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Refuse to drop the index if any objects depend on it. This is
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the default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>
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This command will remove the index <literal>title_idx</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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DROP INDEX title_idx;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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<command>DROP INDEX</command> is a
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> language extension. There
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are no provisions for indexes in the SQL standard.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<simplelist type="inline">
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<member><xref linkend="sql-createindex" endterm="sql-createindex-title"></member>
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</simplelist>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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