DROP COLLATION

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Removes a previously defined collation.

DROP COLLATION [IF EXISTS] <name> [CASCADE | RESTRICT]

Parameter	Description
IF EXISTS	Do not throw an error if the collation does not exist. A notice is issued in this case
name	The name of the collation. The collation name can be schema-qualified
CASCADE	Automatically drop objects that depend on the collation
RESTRICT	Refuse to drop the collation if any objects depend on it. This is the default

Parameter

Description

IF EXISTS

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

name

The name of the collation. The collation name can be schema-qualified

CASCADE

Automatically drop objects that depend on the collation

RESTRICT

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

DROP COLLATION removes a previously defined collation. To be able to drop a collation, you must own the collation.

Drop the collation named german:

DROP COLLATION german;

The DROP COLLATION command conforms to the SQL standard, apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a Greengage DB extension.

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