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31 DROP_TYPE \- remove a data type
35 DROP TYPE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
40 removes a user\-defined data type\&. Only the owner of a type can remove it\&.
45 Do not throw an error if the type does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
50 The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of the data type to remove\&.
55 Automatically drop objects that depend on the type (such as table columns, functions, and operators), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
61 Refuse to drop the type if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&.
65 To remove the data type
79 This command is similar to the corresponding command in the SQL standard, apart from the
83 extension\&. But note that much of the
85 command and the data type extension mechanisms in
87 differ from the SQL standard\&.
89 ALTER TYPE (\fBALTER_TYPE\fR(7)), CREATE TYPE (\fBCREATE_TYPE\fR(7))