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DROP INDEX
Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition
This statement is used to drop an INDEX from the database catalog.
// Drop an index (for indexes stored in the schema namespace, i.e. most dialects)
create.dropIndex("index").execute();
// Drop an index (for indexes stored in the table namespace, e.g. MySQL, SQL Server)
create.dropIndex("index").on("table").execute();
CASCADE
It is possible to supply a CASCADE or RESTRICT clause, explicitly
// Specify the CASCADE / RESTRICT clauses explicitly
create.dropIndex("index").cascade().execute();
create.dropIndex("index").restrict().execute();
Dialect support
This example using jOOQ:
dropIndex("i")
Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:
-- ACCESS, ASE, AURORA_MYSQL, AURORA_POSTGRES, COCKROACHDB, DB2, DERBY, DUCKDB, FIREBIRD, H2, HANA, HSQLDB, INFORMIX, -- MARIADB, MEMSQL, MYSQL, ORACLE, POSTGRES, SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SQLITE, SQLSERVER, SYBASE, TERADATA, YUGABYTEDB DROP INDEX i -- BIGQUERY, EXASOL, REDSHIFT, SNOWFLAKE, TRINO, VERTICA /* UNSUPPORTED */
(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.19, see #10141), or translate your own on our website
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