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<refentry id="SQL-DROPLANGUAGE">
 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-TITLE">DROP LANGUAGE</refentrytitle>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>
   DROP LANGUAGE
  </refname>
  <refpurpose>
   remove a user-defined procedural language
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsynopsisdivinfo>
   <date>1999-07-20</date>
  </refsynopsisdivinfo>
  <synopsis>
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
  </synopsis>
  
  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-1">
   <refsect2info>
    <date>1998-04-15</date>
   </refsect2info>
   <title>
    Inputs
   </title>
   <para>

    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
      <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
	The name of an existing procedural language.  For backward
        compatibility, the name may be enclosed by single quotes.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
      <term>CASCADE</term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Automatically drop objects that depend on the language
	(such as functions in the language).
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
      <term>RESTRICT</term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Refuse to drop the language if there are any dependent objects.
	This is the default.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

   </para>
  </refsect2>
  
  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-2">
   <refsect2info>
    <date>1998-04-15</date>
   </refsect2info>
   <title>
    Outputs
   </title>
   <para>
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
      <term><computeroutput>
DROP LANGUAGE
       </computeroutput></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
	This message is returned if the language is successfully dropped.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
      <term><computeroutput>
ERROR: Language "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" doesn't exist
       </computeroutput></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
	This message occurs if a language called
	<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> is
	not found in the database.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
   </para>
  </refsect2>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-1">
  <refsect1info>
   <date>1998-04-15</date>
  </refsect1info>
  <title>
   Description
  </title>
  <para>
   <command>DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE</command> will remove the definition
   of the previously registered procedural language called
   <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>.
  </para>
  
  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-3">
   <refsect2info>
    <date>1998-04-15</date>
   </refsect2info>
   <title>
    Notes
   </title>
   <para>
    The <command>DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE</command> statement is
    a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> language extension.
   </para>
   <para>
    Refer to
    <xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title">
    for information on how to create procedural languages.
   </para>
  </refsect2>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-2">
  <title>
   Usage
  </title>
  <para>
   This command removes the PL/Sample language:

   <programlisting>
DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
   </programlisting>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-3">
  <title>
   Compatibility
  </title>
  
  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-5">
   <refsect2info>
    <date>1998-04-15</date>
   </refsect2info>
   <title>
    SQL92
   </title>
   <para>
    There is no <command>DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE</command> in 
    <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
   </para>
  </refsect2>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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