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DROP LANGUAGE

Removes a procedural language.

Synopsis

DROP [PROCEDURAL] LANGUAGE [IF EXISTS] <name> [CASCADE | RESTRICT]

Description

DROP LANGUAGE removes the definition of the previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser or owner of the language to drop a language.

Parameters

PROCEDURAL
- Optional keyword - has no effect.
IF EXISTS
- Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
- The name of an existing procedural language. For backward compatibility, the name may be enclosed by single quotes.
CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions written in that language), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects.
RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

Examples

Remove the procedural language plsample:

DROP LANGUAGE plsample;

Compatibility

There is no DROP LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.