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DROP FOREIGN TABLE(7)              PostgreSQL 14.23 Documentation              DROP FOREIGN TABLE(7)



NAME
       DROP_FOREIGN_TABLE - remove a foreign table

SYNOPSIS
       DROP FOREIGN TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
       DROP FOREIGN TABLE removes a foreign table. Only the owner of a foreign table can remove it.

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

       name
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the foreign table to drop.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the foreign table (such as views), and in turn
           all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

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

EXAMPLES
       To destroy two foreign tables, films and distributors:

           DROP FOREIGN TABLE films, distributors;

COMPATIBILITY
       This command conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED), except that the standard only allows one
       foreign table to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS option, which is a
       PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER FOREIGN TABLE (ALTER_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7))



PostgreSQL 14.23                                2026                           DROP FOREIGN TABLE(7)