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DROP
NAME
  DROP TABLE - remove a table

SYNOPSIS
  DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
  DROP TABLE removes tables from the database.	Only its owner may destroy a
  table. To empty a table of rows without destroying the table, use DELETE
  [delete(5)] or TRUNCATE [truncate(l)].

  DROP TABLE always removes any indexes, rules, triggers, and constraints
  that exist for the target table.  However, to drop a table that is
  referenced by a view or a foreign-key constraint of another table, CASCADE
  must be specified. (CASCADE will remove a dependent view entirely, but in
  the foreign-key case it will only remove the foreign-key constraint, not
  the other table entirely.)

PARAMETERS
  IF EXISTS
       Do not throw an error if the table does not exist. A notice is issued
       in this case.

  name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.

  CASCADE
       Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as views).

  RESTRICT
       Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is the
       default.

EXAMPLES
  To destroy two tables, films and distributors:

  DROP TABLE films, distributors;

COMPATIBILITY
  This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only
  allows one table to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS
  option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
  ALTER TABLE [alter_table(5)], CREATE TABLE [create_table(l)]

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