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+<REFENTRY ID="SQL-DROPSEQUENCE">
+ <REFMETA>
+ <REFENTRYTITLE>
+ DROP SEQUENCE
+ </REFENTRYTITLE>
+ <REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
+ </REFMETA>
+ <REFNAMEDIV>
+ <REFNAME>
+ DROP SEQUENCE
+ </REFNAME>
+ <REFPURPOSE>
+ Removes an existing sequence
+ </REFPURPOSE>
+ <REFSYNOPSISDIV>
+ <REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
+ <SYNOPSIS>
+ DROP SEQUENCE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">seqname</REPLACEABLE> [, ...]
+ </SYNOPSIS>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-1">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Inputs
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue><REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">seqname</REPLACEABLE></ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ The name of a sequence.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </variablelist>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </VARIABLELIST>
+ </REFSECT2>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-2">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Outputs
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ <VARIABLELIST>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue>DROP</ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ The message returned if the sequence is successfully dropped.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ <VARLISTENTRY>
+ <TERM>
+ <ReturnValue>WARN: Relation "<replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable>" does not exist.</ReturnValue>
+ </TERM>
+ <LISTITEM>
+ <PARA>
+ This message occurs if the sequence specified does not exist.
+ </PARA>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </variablelist>
+ </LISTITEM>
+ </VARLISTENTRY>
+ </VARIABLELIST>
+ </REFSECT2>
+ </REFSYNOPSISDIV>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-1">
+ <REFSECT1INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT1INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Description
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> removes sequence number generators from the
+ data base. With the current implementation of sequences as
+ special tables it works just like the <command>DROP TABLE</command>
+ statement.
+ </PARA>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-3">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ Notes
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ The <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> statement is a PostgreSQL
+ language extension.
+ </PARA>
+ <PARA>
+ Refer to the <command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> statement for
+ information on how to create a sequence.
+ </PARA>
+ </REFSECT2>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-2">
+ <TITLE>
+ Usage
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ To remove sequence <literal>serial</literal> from database:
+ </PARA>
+ <ProgramListing>
+ DROP SEQUENCE serial
+ </ProgramListing>
+ </REFSECT1>
+
+ <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-3">
+ <TITLE>
+ Compatibility
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ </PARA>
+
+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPSEQUENCE-4">
+ <REFSECT2INFO>
+ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
+ </REFSECT2INFO>
+ <TITLE>
+ SQL92
+ </TITLE>
+ <PARA>
+ There is no <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> statement in SQL92.
+ </PARA>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+</REFENTRY>
+
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+-->