DROP RULE()			 SQL Commands			   DROP RULE()



NAME
       DROP RULE - remove a rewrite rule


SYNOPSIS
       DROP RULE name ON relation [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]


DESCRIPTION
       DROP RULE drops a rewrite rule.

PARAMETERS
       name   The name of the rule to drop.

       relation
	      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that
	      the rule applies to.

       CASCADE
	      Automatically drop objects that depend on the rule.

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

EXAMPLES
       To drop the rewrite rule newrule:

       DROP RULE newrule ON mytable;


COMPATIBILITY
       There is no DROP RULE statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE RULE [create_rule(7)]



SQL - Language Statements	  2010-12-14			   DROP RULE()