Drop Operator
Removes an operator from the database.
Synopsis
DROP OPERATOR op ( { lefttype | NONE } , { righttype | NONE } )
Parameters
op
The operator you wish to remove.
lefttype | NONE
The operatorâs left argument type (or
NONE
, if it does not have a left argument).righttype | NONE
The operatorâs right argument type (or
NONE
, if it does not have a right argument).
Results
DROP
The message returned when a user is dropped successfully.
ERROR: RemoveOperator: binary operator '
op
' taking '
lefttype
' and '
righttype
' does not exist
The error returned if you specify a binary operator that does not exist.
ERROR: RemoveOperator: left unary operator '
op
' taking '
lefttype
' does not existThe error returned if you specify a left unary operator that does not exist.
ERROR: RemoveOperator: right unary operator '
op
' taking '
righttype
' does not exist
The error returned if you specify a right unary operator that does not exist.
Description
Use the DROP OPERATOR
command to remove an existing operator from the
database. You can only drop an operator if you are the operatorâs owner or a superuser.
Note
Removing an operator when there are access methods or operator classes that rely on it can cause problems; be sure you know what elements of your database rely on an operator before dropping it.
Example
The following example drops the binary !#
operator for the integer
data types:
booktown=# DROP OPERATOR !# (integer, ...
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