DROP OPERATOR

Removes an operator.

Synopsis

DROP OPERATOR [IF EXISTS] <name> ( {<lefttype> | NONE} , 
    {<righttype> | NONE} ) [CASCADE | RESTRICT]

Description

DROP OPERATOR drops an existing operator from the database system. To run this command you must be the owner of the operator.

Parameters

IF EXISTS : Do not throw an error if the operator does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

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

ALTER OPERATOR, CREATE OPERATOR

Parent topic: SQL Commands