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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/drop.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:23 scrappy Exp $
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.TH "DROP TABLE" SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
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.SH NAME
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drop table \(em destroy existing classes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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\fBdrop table\fR classname-1 { \fB,\fR classname-i }
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR "Drop Table"
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removes classes from the data base. Only its owner may destroy a
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class. A class may be emptied of instances, but not destroyed, by
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using
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.IR delete (l).
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.PP
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If a class being destroyed has secondary indices on it, then they will
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be removed first. The removal of just a secondary index will not
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affect the indexed class.
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.PP
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The destruction of classes is not reversable. Thus, a destroyed class
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will not be recovered if a transaction which destroys this class fails
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to commit. In addition, historical access to instances in a destroyed
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class is not possible.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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--
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--Destroy the emp class
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--
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drop table emp
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.fi
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.nf
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--
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--Destroy the emp and parts classes
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--
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drop table emp, parts
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.fi
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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delete(l),
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drop index(l).
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