NAME

       DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE - remove a foreign table

SYNOPSIS

       DROP FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION

       DROP FOREIGN TABLE removes a foreign table. Only the owner of a foreign table can remove
       it.

PARAMETERS

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

       name
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the foreign table to drop.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign table (such as views), and in
           turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the foreign table if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

EXAMPLES

       To destroy two foreign tables, films and distributors:

           DROP FOREIGN TABLE films, distributors;

COMPATIBILITY

       This command conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED), except that the standard only allows
       one foreign table to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is
       a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO

       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE (ALTER_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE
       (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7))