DROP_LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language

There is no DROPLANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard.

DROPLANGUAGE removes the definition of a previously registered procedural language. You must be a superuser or the owner of the language to use DROPLANGUAGE. Note As of PostgreSQL 9.1, most procedural languages have been made into “extensions”, and should therefore be removed with DROPEXTENSION not DROPLANGUAGE.

This command removes the procedural language plsample: DROP LANGUAGE plsample;

DROP_LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language

IF EXISTS Do not throw an error if the language does not exist. A notice is issued in this case. name The name of an existing procedural language. CASCADE Automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.15). RESTRICT Refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

ALTER LANGUAGE (ALTER_LANGUAGE(7)), CREATE LANGUAGE (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7)) PostgreSQL 17.5 2025 DROPLANGUAGE(7)

DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]