DROP FUNCTION
  SQL - Language Statements
 
 
  
   DROP FUNCTION
  
  
   remove a user-defined function
  
 
 
  
   1999-07-20
  
  
DROP FUNCTION name ( [ type [, ...] ] )
  
  
   
    1998-04-15
   
   
    Inputs
   
   
    
     
      name
      
       
	The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing function.
       
      
     
     
      type
      
       
	The type of a parameter of the function.
       
      
     
    
   
  
  
   
    1998-04-15
   
   
    Outputs
   
   
    
     
      
DROP
       
      
       
	Message returned if the command completes successfully.
       
      
     
     
      
WARNING:  RemoveFunction: Function "name" ("types") does not exist
       
      
       
	This message is given if the function specified does not
	exist in the current database.
       
      
     
    
   
  
 
 
  
   1998-04-15
  
  
   Description
  
  
   DROP FUNCTION will remove the definition of an existing
   function. To execute this command the user must be the
   owner of the function. The input argument types to the
   function must be specified, since several different functions
   may exist with the same name and different argument lists.
  
 
 
  Notes
   
    Refer to
    
    for information on creating functions.
   
   
    No checks are made to ensure that types, operators, access
    methods, or triggers that rely on the function have been removed first.
   
 
 
  Examples
  
   This command removes the square root function:
DROP FUNCTION sqrt(integer);
  
 
 
  Compatibility
  
  
   A DROP FUNCTION statement is defined in SQL99.  One of its syntax forms is:
DROP FUNCTION name (arg>, ...) { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
   where CASCADE> specifies dropping all objects that
   depend on the function and RESTRICT refuses to
   drop the function if dependent objects exist.
  
 
 
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