drop_operator(7) - Linux man page
Name
DROP OPERATOR - remove an operator
Synopsis
DROP OPERATOR name ( { lefttype | NONE } , { righttype | NONE } ) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP OPERATOR drops an existing operator from the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner of the operator.
Parameters
- name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
- lefttype
- The data type of the operator's left operand; write NONE if the operator has no left operand.
- righttype
- The data type of the operator's right operand; write NONE if the operator has no right operand.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator.
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the operator if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
Remove the power operator a^b for type integer:
DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);Remove the left unary bitwise complement operator ~b for type bit:
DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);Remove the right unary factorial operator x! for type bigint:
DROP OPERATOR ! (bigint, none);
Compatibility
There is no DROP OPERATOR statement in the SQL standard.
See Also
CREATE OPERATOR [create_operator(7)], ALTER OPERATOR [alter_operator(l)]
