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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>DROP TABLE — remove a table</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">DROP TABLE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]</pre>
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<a name="id772697"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p> <code class="command">DROP TABLE</code> removes tables from the database.
Only its owner may destroy a table. To empty a table of rows,
without destroying the table, use <code class="command">DELETE</code>.
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<p> <code class="command">DROP TABLE</code> 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, <code class="literal">CASCADE</code> must be
specified. (<code class="literal">CASCADE</code> 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.)
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<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p> The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code></span></dt>
<dd><p> Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as
views).
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt>
<dd><p> Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is
the default.
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<p> To destroy two tables, <code class="literal">films</code> and
<code class="literal">distributors</code>:
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<pre class="programlisting">DROP TABLE films, distributors;</pre>
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<a name="id772817"></a><h2>Compatibility</h2>
<p> This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only
allows one table to be dropped per command.
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<a name="id772826"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<span class="simplelist"><a href="sql-altertable.html">ALTER TABLE</a>, <a href="sql-createtable.html">CREATE TABLE</a></span>
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