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DROP RULE
Name
DROP RULE -- remove a rewrite rule
Synopsis
DROP RULE name ON relation [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP RULE drops a rewrite rule.
Parameters
- name
-
The name of the rule to drop.
- relation
-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or
view that the rule applies to.
- CASCADE
-
Automatically drop objects that depend on the rule.
- RESTRICT
-
Refuse to drop the rule if any objects depend on it.
This is the default.
Examples
To drop the rewrite rule newrule:
DROP RULE newrule ON mytable;
Compatibility
There is no DROP RULE statement in
the SQL standard.