DROP COLLATION
DROP COLLATION
Removes a previously defined collation.
Synopsis
DROP COLLATION [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Parameters
- IF EXISTS
- Do not throw an error if the collation does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
- name
- The name of the collation. The collation name can be schema-qualified.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the collation.
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the collation if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Notes
DROP COLLATION removes a previously defined collation. To be able to drop a collation, you must own the collation.
Examples
To drop the collation named german:
DROP COLLATION german;
Compatibility
The DROP COLLATION command conforms to the SQL standard, apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a Greenplum Database extension.