DROP OPERATOR
Name
DROP OPERATOR -- remove an operator
Synopsis
DROP OPERATOR name ( { lefttype | NONE } , { righttype | NONE } ) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]Description
DROP OPERATOR drops an existing operator from
the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner
of the operator.
Parameters
- name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator.
- lefttype
The data type of the operator's left operand; write
NONE if the operator has no left operand.
- righttype
The data type of the operator's right operand; write
NONE if the operator has no right operand.
- CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator.
- RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the operator if any objects depend on it. This
is the default.
Examples
Remove the power operator a^b for type integer:
DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);
Remove the left unary bitwise complement operator
~b for type bit:
DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);
Remove the right unary factorial operator x!
for type bigint:
DROP OPERATOR ! (bigint, none);
Compatibility
There is no DROP OPERATOR statement in the SQL standard.