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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml,v 1.20 2005/01/04 00:39:53 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="SQL-DROPUSER">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPUSER-TITLE">DROP USER</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP USER</refname>
<refpurpose>remove a database user account</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-dropuser">
<primary>DROP USER</primary>
</indexterm>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP USER</command> removes the specified user.
It does not remove tables, views, or other objects owned by the user. If the
user owns any database, an error is raised.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the user to remove.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> includes a program <xref
linkend="APP-DROPUSER" endterm="APP-DROPUSER-title"> that has the
same functionality as this command (in fact, it calls this command)
but can be run from the command shell.
</para>
<para>
To drop a user who owns a database, first drop the database or change
its ownership.
</para>
<para>
It is unwise to drop a user who either owns any database objects or has any
granted permissions on objects. Currently, this is only enforced for
the case of owners of databases, but it is likely that future versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will check other cases.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To drop a user account:
<programlisting>
DROP USER jonathan;
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
The <command>DROP USER</command> statement is a
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. The SQL standard
leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-alteruser" endterm="sql-alteruser-title"></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createuser" endterm="sql-createuser-title"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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