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<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPTABLE-TITLE">DROP TABLE</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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<refname>DROP TABLE</refname>
<refpurpose>remove a table</refpurpose>
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DROP TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP TABLE</command> removes tables from the database.
Only its owner may destroy a table. To empty a table of rows,
without destroying the table, use <command>DELETE</command>.
</para>
<para>
<command>DROP TABLE</command> always removes any indexes, rules,
triggers, and constraints that exist for the target table.
However, to drop a table that is referenced by a foreign-key
constraint of another table, <literal>CASCADE</> must be
specified. (<literal>CASCADE</> will remove the foreign-key
constraint, not the other table entirely.)
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<title>Parameters</title>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
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<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.
</para>
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<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
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Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as
views).
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Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is
the default.
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<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To destroy two tables, <literal>films</literal> and
<literal>distributors</literal>:
<programlisting>
DROP TABLE films, distributors;
</programlisting>
</para>
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<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
This command conforms to the SQL standard.
</para>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<member><xref linkend="sql-altertable" endterm="sql-altertable-title"></member>
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