DROP ACCESS METHOD
Removes an access method
Synopsis
DROP ACCESS METHOD [IF EXISTS] <name> [CASCADE | RESTRICT]
Description
DROP ACCESS METHOD removes an existing access method. Only superusers can drop access methods.
Parameters
- IF EXISTS
- Do not throw an error if the access method does not exist. Greenplum Database issues a notice in this case.
- name
- The name of an existing access method.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the access method (such as operator classes, operator families, and indexes), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects.
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the access method if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
Drop the access method heptree;
DROP ACCESS METHOD heptree;
Compatibility
DROP ACCESS METHOD is a Greenplum Database extension.
See Also
Parent topic: SQL Commands
