DROP TABLE — remove a table
DROP TABLE name
[, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DROP TABLE
removes tables from the database.
Only its owner may destroy a table. To empty a table of rows,
without destroying the table, use DELETE
.
DROP TABLE
always removes any indexes, rules,
triggers, and constraints that exist for the target table.
However, to drop a table that is referenced by a view or a foreign-key
constraint of another table, CASCADE
must be
specified. (CASCADE
will remove a dependent view entirely,
but in the foreign-key case it will only remove the foreign-key
constraint, not the other table entirely.)
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to drop.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the table (such as views).
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the table if any objects depend on it. This is the default.