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DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY

Removes a text search dictionary.

Synopsis ​

DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY [ IF EXISTS ] <name> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Description ​

DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY drops an existing text search dictionary. You must be the owner of the dictionary to run this command.

Parameters ​

IF EXISTS ​

Do not throw an error if the text search dictionary does not exist. WarehousePG issues a notice in this case.

name ​

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing text search dictionary.

CASCADE ​

Automatically drop objects that depend on the text search dictionary, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects.

RESTRICT ​

Refuse to drop the text search dictionary if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

Examples ​

Remove the text search dictionary english:

DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY english;

This command will not succeed if there are any existing text search configurations that use the dictionary. Add CASCADE to drop such configurations along with the dictionary.

Compatibility ​

There is no CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY statement in the SQL standard.

See Also ​

ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY, CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY

Parent topic: SQL Commands