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The DROP SCHEMA statement removes a user-defined schema.
Required privileges
The user must have the DROP privilege on the schema and on all tables in the schema. If the user is the owner of the schema, DROP privileges are not necessary.
Syntax
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
IF EXISTS |
Drop the schema if it exists. If it does not exist, do not return an error. |
schema_name_list |
The schema, or a list of schemas, that you want to drop. To drop a schema in a database other than the current database, specify the name of the database and the name of the schema, separated by a " ." (e.g., DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS database.schema;). |
CASCADE |
Drop all tables and views in the schema as well as all objects (such as constraints and views) that depend on those tables.CASCADE does not list objects it drops, so should be used cautiously. |
RESTRICT |
(Default) Do not drop the schema if it contains any tables or views. |
Examples
Setup
The following examples use MovR, a fictional vehicle-sharing application, to demonstrate CockroachDB SQL statements. For more information about the MovR example application and dataset, see MovR: A Global Vehicle-sharing App.
To follow along, run cockroach demo to start a temporary, in-memory cluster with the movr dataset preloaded:
$ cockroach demo
Drop a schema
> CREATE SCHEMA org_one;
> SHOW SCHEMAS;
schema_name
----------------------
crdb_internal
information_schema
org_one
pg_catalog
pg_extension
public
(6 rows)
> DROP SCHEMA org_one;
> SHOW SCHEMAS;
schema_name
----------------------
crdb_internal
information_schema
pg_catalog
pg_extension
public
(5 rows)
Drop a schema with tables
To drop a schema that contains tables, you need to use the CASCADE keyword.
> CREATE SCHEMA org_two;
> SHOW SCHEMAS;
schema_name
----------------------
crdb_internal
information_schema
org_two
pg_catalog
pg_extension
public
(6 rows)
> CREATE TABLE org_two.users (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
city STRING,
name STRING,
address STRING
);
> SHOW TABLES FROM org_two;
schema_name | table_name | type | estimated_row_count
--------------+------------+-------+----------------------
org_two | users | table | 0
(1 row)
> DROP SCHEMA org_two;
ERROR: schema "org_two" is not empty and CASCADE was not specified
SQLSTATE: 2BP01
> DROP SCHEMA org_two CASCADE;
> SHOW SCHEMAS;
schema_name
----------------------
crdb_internal
information_schema
pg_catalog
pg_extension
public
(5 rows)
See also
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