DROP SEQUENCE
SQL - Language Statements
DROP SEQUENCE
remove a sequence
1999-07-20
DROP SEQUENCE name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
1998-09-22
Inputs
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a sequence.
1998-09-22
Outputs
DROP SEQUENCE
The message returned if the sequence is successfully dropped.
ERROR: sequence "name" does not exist
This message occurs if the specified sequence does not exist.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the sequence.
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the sequence if there are any dependent objects.
This is the default.
1998-09-22
Description
DROP SEQUENCE removes sequence number generators from the
data base. With the current implementation of sequences as
special tables it works just like the DROP TABLE
statement.
1998-09-22
Notes
The DROP SEQUENCE statement is a
PostgreSQL
language extension.
Refer to the CREATE SEQUENCE statement for
information on how to create a sequence.
Usage
To remove sequence serial from database:
DROP SEQUENCE serial;
Compatibility
1998-09-22
SQL92
There is no DROP SEQUENCE in SQL92.