DROP RULE

Name

DROP RULE  --  Removes a rule from a database.

Synopsis

DROP RULE name[, ...]
  

Parameters

name

The sole parameter of this command is the name of an existing rule to drop.

Results

DROP

This message is displayed if the specified rule is dropped successfully.

ERROR: Rule or view "name" not found

This error is displayed if the specified rule does not exist.

Description

Use the DROP RULE command to remove the specified from a PostgreSQL database, When a rule is dropped, the change is effective immediately. A rule becomes unavailable as soon as it is dropped and its definition is removed from the database system completely.

Examples

The following example will drop the new_invoice rule.

DROP RULE new_invoice;