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DROP PUBLICATION

remove a publication

Synopsis

DROP PUBLICATION [ IF EXISTS ] NAME [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Description

DROP PUBLICATION removes an existing publication from the database.

A publication can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.

Parameters

IF EXISTS : Do not throw an error if the publication does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name : The name of an existing publication.

CASCADE, RESTRICT : These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies on publications.

Examples

Drop a publication:

DROP PUBLICATION mypublication;

Compatibility

DROP PUBLICATION is a PostgreSQL extension.

See Also

sql-createpublication, sql-alterpublication