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<refentry id="sql-droppublication">
 <indexterm zone="sql-droppublication">
  <primary>DROP PUBLICATION</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>DROP PUBLICATION</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DROP PUBLICATION</refname>
  <refpurpose>remove a publication</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP PUBLICATION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP PUBLICATION</command> removes an existing publication from
   the database.
  </para>

  <para>
   A publication can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Do not throw an error if the publication does not exist. A notice is
      issued in this case.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of an existing publication.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
    <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies
      on publications.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Examples</title>

  <para>
   Drop a publication:
<programlisting>
DROP PUBLICATION mypublication;
</programlisting></para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP PUBLICATION</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
   extension.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-alterpublication"/></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
