DROP INDEX
Name
DROP INDEX -- remove an index
Synopsis
DROP INDEX name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP INDEX drops an existing index from the database
system. To execute this command you must be the owner of
the index.
Parameters
- name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an index to remove.
- CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the index.
- RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the index if any objects depend on it. This is
the default.
Examples
This command will remove the index title_idx:
DROP INDEX title_idx;
Compatibility
DROP INDEX is an
EnterpriseDB language extension. There
are no provisions for indexes in the SQL standard.