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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, HANA, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MEMSQL, MYSQL, POSTGRES, REDSHIFT, SNOWFLAKE, 
-- SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SQLSERVER, VERTICA, YUGABYTEDB
DROP SCHEMA s

-- DB2, DERBY
DROP SCHEMA s RESTRICT

-- ORACLE
DROP USER s

-- ACCESS, ASE, AURORA_MYSQL, BIGQUERY, FIREBIRD, INFORMIX, SQLITE, SYBASE, TERADATA, TRINO
/* UNSUPPORTED */

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

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