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 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPLANGUAGE-TITLE">DROP LANGUAGE</refentrytitle>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DROP LANGUAGE</refname>
  <refpurpose>remove a user-defined procedural language</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP LANGUAGE</command> will remove the definition
   of the previously registered procedural language called
   <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
  
 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of an existing procedural language.  For backward
      compatibility, the name may be enclosed by single quotes.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as
      functions in the language).
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it.  This
      is the default.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Diagnostics</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><computeroutput>DROP LANGUAGE</computeroutput></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      This message is returned if the language was successfully dropped.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><computeroutput>ERROR: Language "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" doesn't exist</computeroutput></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      This message is returned if a language called <replaceable
      class="parameter">name</replaceable> is not found in the
      database.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
  
 <refsect1>
  <title>Examples</title>

  <para>
   This command removes the procedural language
   <literal>plsample</literal>:

<programlisting>
DROP LANGUAGE plsample;
</programlisting>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   There is no <command>DROP LANGUAGE</command> statement in the SQL
   standard.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title"></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

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