## DROP RULE

DROP RULE — remove a rewrite rule

## Synopsis

    DROP RULE [ IF EXISTS ] name ON table_name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## Description

`DROP RULE` drops a rewrite rule.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

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

`name`

  The name of the rule to drop.

`table_name`

  The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that the rule applies to.

`CASCADE`

  Automatically drop objects that depend on the rule, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.13).

`RESTRICT`

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

## Examples

To drop the rewrite rule `newrule`:

    DROP RULE newrule ON mytable;

## Compatibility

`DROP RULE` is a PostgreSQL language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system.

## See Also

CREATE RULE, ALTER RULE