NAME

       DROP_NODE - drop a cluster node

SYNOPSIS

       DROP NODE nodename

DESCRIPTION

           Note
           The following description applies only to Postgres-XC

       DROP NODE is new SQL query specific to Postgres-XC since 0.9.7 that deletes cluster node
       information in catalog pgxc_node.

       Node connection that has been deleted does not guarranty that connection information
       cached in pooler is updated accordingly.

       DROP NODE only runs on the local node where it is launched.

PARAMETERS

       nodename
           The name of the selected cluster node.

EXAMPLES

       Drop a cluster node.

           DROP NODE cluster_node;

COMPATIBILITY

       DROP NODE does not conform to the SQL standards, it is a Postgres-XC specific command.