PostgreSQL 7.4.3 Documentation
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# DROP AGGREGATE

## Name

DROP AGGREGATE -- remove an aggregate function

## Synopsis

    DROP AGGREGATE name ( type ) [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## Description

`DROP AGGREGATE` will delete an existing aggregate function. To execute this command the current user must be the owner of the aggregate function.

## Parameters

name

  The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing aggregate function.

type

  The argument data type of the aggregate function, or `*` if the function accepts any data type.

`CASCADE`

  Automatically drop objects that depend on the aggregate function.

`RESTRICT`

  Refuse to drop the aggregate function if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## Examples

To remove the aggregate function `myavg` for type `integer`:

    DROP AGGREGATE myavg(integer);

## Compatibility

There is no `DROP AGGREGATE` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

ALTER AGGREGATE, CREATE AGGREGATE

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