Removes an aggregate function.

Synopsis

DROP AGGREGATE [IF EXISTS] <name> ( <type> [, ...] ) [CASCADE | RESTRICT]

Description

DROP AGGREGATE will delete an existing aggregate function. To execute this command the current user must be the owner of the aggregate function.

Parameters

IF EXISTS

Do not throw an error if the aggregate does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing aggregate function.

type

An input data type on which the aggregate function operates. To reference a zero-argument aggregate function, write * in place of the list of input data types.

CASCADE

Automatically drop objects that depend on the aggregate function.

RESTRICT

Refuse to drop the aggregate function if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

Examples

To remove the aggregate function myavg for type integer:

DROP AGGREGATE myavg(integer);

Compatibility

There is no DROP AGGREGATE statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

ALTER AGGREGATE, CREATE AGGREGATE

Parent topic: SQL Command Reference