Name
DROP OPERATOR -- remove an operatorSynopsis
DROP OPERATOR [ IF EXISTS ] name ( { left_type | NONE } , { right_type | NONE } ) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP OPERATOR
drops an existing operator from the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner of the operator.
Parameters
IF EXISTS
-
Do not throw an error if the operator does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
left_type
-
The data type of the operator's left operand; write
NONE
if the operator has no left operand. right_type
-
The data type of the operator's right operand; write
NONE
if the operator has no right operand. CASCADE
-
Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator (such as views using it), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.13).
RESTRICT
-
Refuse to drop the operator if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
Remove the power operator a^b
for type integer
:
DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);
Remove the left unary bitwise complement operator ~b
for type bit
:
DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);
Remove the right unary factorial operator x!
for type bigint
:
DROP OPERATOR ! (bigint, none);
Compatibility
There is no DROP OPERATOR
statement in the SQL standard.
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