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DROP POLICY
Name
DROP POLICY -- remove a row level security policy from a table
Synopsis
DROP POLICY [ IF EXISTS ] name ON table_name
Description
DROP POLICY removes the specified policy from the table. Note that if the last policy is removed for a table and the table still has row level security enabled via ALTER TABLE, then the default-deny policy will be used. ALTER TABLE ... DISABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY can be used to disable row level security for a table, whether policies for the table exist or not.
Parameters
- IF EXISTS
-
Do not throw an error if the policy does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
- name
-
The name of the policy to drop.
- table_name
-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that the policy is on.
Examples
To drop the policy called p1 on the table named my_table:
DROP POLICY p1 ON my_table;
Compatibility
DROP POLICY is a PostgreSQL extension.