DROP_RULE (l)
Removes an existing rule from the database
SYNOPSIS
DROP RULE name
name
The name of an existing rule to drop.
DROP
Message returned if successfully.
ERROR: RewriteGetRuleEventRel: rule "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. Postgres
will immediately cease enforcing it and
will purge its definition from the system catalogs.
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
DROP RULE newrule;
COMPATIBILITY
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