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DROP TYPE

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

This statement is used to drop an TYPE from the database catalog.

// Drop a type
create.dropType("type").execute();

CASCADE

It is possible to supply a CASCADE or RESTRICT clause, explicitly

// Specify the CASCADE / RESTRICT clauses explicitly
create.dropType("type").cascade().execute();
create.dropType("type").restrict().execute();

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

dropType("t")

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

-- AURORA_POSTGRES, COCKROACHDB, H2, ORACLE, POSTGRES, YUGABYTEDB
DROP TYPE t

-- ACCESS, ASE, AURORA_MYSQL, BIGQUERY, DB2, DERBY, DUCKDB, EXASOL, FIREBIRD, HANA, HSQLDB, INFORMIX, MARIADB, MEMSQL, 
-- MYSQL, REDSHIFT, SNOWFLAKE, SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SQLITE, SQLSERVER, SYBASE, TERADATA, TRINO, VERTICA
/* UNSUPPORTED */

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.19, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

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