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DROP
NAME
  DROP FUNCTION - remove a user-defined function

SYNOPSIS
  DROP FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] )

  INPUTS

  name The name of an existing function.

  type The type of the function's parameters.

  OUTPUTS

  DROP Message returned if the command completes successfully.

  NOTICE RemoveFunction: Function "name" ("types") does not exist
       This message is given if the function specified does not exist in the
       current database.

DESCRIPTION
  DROP FUNCTION will remove the definition of an existing function. To
  execute this command the user must be the owner of the function. The input
  argument types to the function must be specified, since several different
  functions may exist with the same name and different argument lists.

NOTES
  Refer to create_function(5) for information on creating functions.

  No checks are made to ensure that types, operators, access methods, or
  triggers that rely on the function have been removed first.

EXAMPLES
  This command removes the square root function:

  DROP FUNCTION sqrt(integer);

COMPATIBILITY
  A DROP FUNCTION statement is defined in SQL99. One of its syntax forms is:

  DROP FUNCTION name (arg, ...) { RESTRICT | CASCADE }

  where CASCADE specifies dropping all objects that depend on the function
  and RESTRICT refuses to drop the function if dependent objects exist.

SEE ALSO
  create_function(5)

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