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DROP SCHEMA

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

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

// Drop a schema
create.dropSchema("schema").execute();

CASCADE

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

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

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

dropSchema("s")

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

Aurora Postgres, CockroachDB, DuckDB, Exasol, H2, HSQLDB, Hana, MariaDB, MemSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Redshift, SQLDataWarehouse, SQLServer, Snowflake, Vertica, YugabyteDB

DROP SCHEMA s

ClickHouse

DROP DATABASE s

DB2, Derby

DROP SCHEMA s RESTRICT

Oracle

DROP USER s

ASE, Access, Aurora MySQL, BigQuery, Firebird, Informix, SQLite, Sybase, Teradata, Trino

/* UNSUPPORTED */

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.20, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

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