DROP ACCESS METHOD — remove an access method
DROP ACCESS METHOD [ IF EXISTS ] name
[ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DROP ACCESS METHOD
removes an existing access method. Only superusers can drop access methods.
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the access method does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
The name of an existing access method.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the access method (such as operator classes, operator families, and indexes), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the access method if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Drop the access method heptree
:
DROP ACCESS METHOD heptree;
DROP ACCESS METHOD
is a PostgreSQL extension.
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