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DROP GROUP
A historical DDL command for removing a database role
DROP GROUP is a historical DDL command for removing a database role.
DROP GROUP was added in PostgreSQL 7.0; since PostgreSQL 8.1 it has been an alias for DROP ROLE.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 8.2
DROP GROUP IF EXISTS ...syntax added (commit f8b54fe6)
- PostgreSQL 8.1
- PostgreSQL 7.0
- added (commit 99b8f845)
Examples
Basic DROP GROUP execution:
postgres=# DROP GROUP foo; DROP ROLE
Attempting to drop a role which does not exist:
postgres=# DROP GROUP foo; ERROR: role "foo" does not exist
Safely attempting to drop a role which might not exist:
postgres=# DROP GROUP IF EXISTS foo; NOTICE: role "foo" does not exist, skipping DROP ROLE
Note thas as DROP GROUP is an alias for DROP ROLE, output returned for this command references roles.
For more examples see DROP ROLE.
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: DROP GROUP