Name
DROP TABLE -- remove a tableSynopsis
DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP TABLE removes tables from the database. Only the table owner, the schema owner, and superuser can drop a table. To empty a table of rows without destroying the table, use DELETE or TRUNCATE.
DROP TABLE always removes any indexes, rules, triggers, and constraints that exist for the target table. However, to drop a table that is referenced by a view or a foreign-key constraint of another table, CASCADE must be specified. (CASCADE will remove a dependent view entirely, but in the foreign-key case it will only remove the foreign-key constraint, not the other table entirely.)
Parameters
IF EXISTS-
Do not throw an error if the table does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.
CASCADE-
Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.13).
RESTRICT-
Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
To destroy two tables, films and distributors:
DROP TABLE films, distributors;
Compatibility
This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one table to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.
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