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+<REFENTRY ID="SQL-DROPRULE">
+ <REFMETA>
+ <REFENTRYTITLE>
+ DROP RULE
+ </REFENTRYTITLE>
+ <REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
+ </REFMETA>
+ <REFNAMEDIV>
+ <REFNAME>
+ DROP RULE
+ </REFNAME>
+ <REFPURPOSE>
+ Removes an existing rule from the database
+ </REFPURPOSE>
+ <REFSYNOPSISDIV>
+ <REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
+ <SYNOPSIS>
+ DROP RULE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE>
+ </SYNOPSIS>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPRULE-1">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Inputs
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ The name of an existing rule to drop.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </variablelist>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </VARIABLELIST>
+ </REFSECT2>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPRULE-2">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Outputs
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue>DROP</ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ Message returned if successfully.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue>ERROR: RewriteGetRuleEventRel: rule "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" not found</ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ This message occurs if the specified rule does not exist.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </variablelist>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </VARIABLELIST>
+ </REFSECT2>
+ </REFSYNOPSISDIV>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPRULE-1">
+ <REFSECT1INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT1INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Description
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ <command>DROP RULE</command> drops a rule from the specified PostgreSQL rule
+ system. PostgreSQL will immediately cease enforcing it and
+ will purge its definition from the system catalogs.
+ </PARA>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPRULE-3">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Notes
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ The <command>DROP RULE</command> statement is a PostgreSQL
+ language extension.
+ </PARA>
+ <PARA>
+ Refer to the <command>CREATE RULE</command> statement for
+ information on how to create rules.
+ </PARA>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPRULE-4">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Bugs
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information
+ the rule has written may disappear.
+ </PARA>
+ </REFSECT2>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPRULE-2">
+ <TITLE>
+ Usage
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ To drop the rewrite rule <literal>newrule</literal>:
+ </PARA>
+ <ProgramListing>
+ DROP RULE newrule
+ </ProgramListing>
+ </REFSECT1>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPRULE-3">
+ <TITLE>
+ Compatibility
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPRULE-5">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ SQL92
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ There is no DROP RULE statement in SQL92.
+ </PARA>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+</REFENTRY>
+
+
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+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
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+sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
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