NAME

DROP_SEQUENCE - remove a sequence

SYNOPSIS

DROP SEQUENCE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION

DROP SEQUENCE removes sequence number generators. A sequence can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.

PARAMETERS

IF EXISTS

name

CASCADE

RESTRICT

EXAMPLES

To remove the sequence serial:

DROP SEQUENCE serial;

COMPATIBILITY

DROP SEQUENCE conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one sequence to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO

CREATE SEQUENCE (CREATE_SEQUENCE(7)), ALTER SEQUENCE (ALTER_SEQUENCE(7))