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3 DROP SUBSCRIPTION [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
4 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
5 <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code> removes a subscription from the
8 To execute this command the user must be the owner of the subscription.
10 <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code> cannot be executed inside a
11 transaction block if the subscription is associated with a replication
12 slot. (You can use <a class="link" href="sql-altersubscription.html" title="ALTER SUBSCRIPTION"><code class="command">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION</code></a> to unset the
14 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
15 The name of a subscription to be dropped.
16 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
17 These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies
19 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
20 When dropping a subscription that is associated with a replication slot on
21 the remote host (the normal state), <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code>
22 will connect to the remote host and try to drop the replication slot (and
23 any remaining table synchronization slots) as
24 part of its operation. This is necessary so that the resources allocated
25 for the subscription on the remote host are released. If this fails,
26 either because the remote host is not reachable or because the remote
27 replication slot cannot be dropped or does not exist or never existed,
28 the <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code> command will fail. To proceed
29 in this situation, first disable the subscription by executing
30 <a class="link" href="sql-altersubscription.html#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-DISABLE">
31 <code class="literal">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... DISABLE</code></a>, and then disassociate
32 it from the replication slot by executing
33 <a class="link" href="sql-altersubscription.html#SQL-ALTERSUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-SET">
34 <code class="literal">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (slot_name = NONE)</code></a>.
35 After that, <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code> will no longer attempt any
36 actions on a remote host. Note that if the remote replication slot still
37 exists, it (and any related table synchronization slots) should then be
38 dropped manually; otherwise it/they will continue to
39 reserve WAL and might eventually cause the disk to fill up. See
40 also <a class="xref" href="logical-replication-subscription.html#LOGICAL-REPLICATION-SUBSCRIPTION-SLOT" title="29.2.1. Replication Slot Management">Section 29.2.1</a>.
42 If a subscription is associated with a replication slot, then <code class="command">DROP
43 SUBSCRIPTION</code> cannot be executed inside a transaction block.
44 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.8"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
46 </p><pre class="programlisting">
47 DROP SUBSCRIPTION mysub;
48 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.9"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
49 <code class="command">DROP SUBSCRIPTION</code> is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
51 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.133.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-altersubscription.html" title="ALTER SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER SUBSCRIPTION</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropstatistics.html" title="DROP STATISTICS">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-droptable.html" title="DROP TABLE">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP STATISTICS </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP TABLE</td></tr></table></div></body></html>