DROP LANGUAGE() SQL Commands DROP LANGUAGE()NAME
DROP LANGUAGE - Removes a user-defined procedural language
SYNOPSIS
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE 'name'
INPUTS
name The name of an existing procedural language.
OUTPUTS
DROP This message is returned if the language is successfully
dropped.
ERROR: Language "name" doesn't exist
This message occurs if a language called name is not found in
the database.
DESCRIPTION
DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE will remove the definition of the previously
registered procedural language called name.
NOTES
The DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE statement is a Postgres language extenâ
sion.
Refer to CREATE LANGUAGE [create_language(l)] for information on how to
create procedural languages.
No checks are made if functions or trigger procedures registered in
this language still exist. To re-enable them without having to drop and
recreate all the functions, the pg_proc's prolang attribute of the
functions must be adjusted to the new object ID of the recreated
pg_language entry for the PL.
USAGE
This command removes the PL/Sample language:
DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE 'plsample';
COMPATIBILITY
SQL92
There is no DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE in SQL92.
SQL - Language Statements 29 March 2001 DROP LANGUAGE()
