# DROP_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER - remove a foreign-data wrapper - man(7) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       DROP_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER - remove a foreign-data wrapper

## SYNOPSIS
       DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER [ IF EXISTS ] _name_ [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## DESCRIPTION
       **DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER **removes an existing foreign-data wrapper. To execute this command,
       the current user must be the owner of the foreign-data wrapper.

## PARAMETERS
       IF EXISTS
           Do not throw an error if the foreign-data wrapper does not exist. A notice is issued in
           this case.

       _name_
           The name of an existing foreign-data wrapper.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign-data wrapper (such as foreign
           tables and servers), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
           Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the foreign-data wrapper if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## EXAMPLES
       Drop the foreign-data wrapper dbi:

           DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER dbi;

## COMPATIBILITY
       **DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER **conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED). The IF EXISTS clause is a
       PostgreSQL extension.

## SEE ALSO
       CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER ([**CREATE_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/CREATEFOREIGNDATAWRAPPER/7/markdown)), ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER
       ([**ALTER_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ALTERFOREIGNDATAWRAPPER/7/markdown))

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