DROP RULE() SQL Commands DROP RULE()NAME
DROP RULE - Removes existing rules from the database
SYNOPSIS
DROP RULE name [, ...]
INPUTS
name The name of an existing rule to drop.
OUTPUTS
DROP Message returned if successful.
ERROR: Rule or view "name" not found
This message occurs if the specified rule does not exist.
DESCRIPTION
DROP RULE drops a rule from the specified Postgres rule system. Post‐
gres will immediately cease enforcing it and will purge its definition
from the system catalogs.
NOTES
The DROP RULE statement is a Postgres language extension.
Refer to CREATE RULE for information on how to create rules.
Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information the rule has
written may disappear.
USAGE
To drop the rewrite rule newrule:
DROP RULE newrule;
COMPATIBILITY
SQL92
There is no DROP RULE in SQL92.
SQL - Language Statements 29 March 2001 DROP RULE()