Name
   DROP RULE
   --    Removes existing rules from the database
  
Synopsis
DROP RULE name [, ...]
  
    Inputs
   
    
- name
- 	The name of an existing rule to drop.
        
    Outputs
   
    
- DROP
       
- 	Message returned if successful.
        
- ERROR:  Rule or view "name" not found
       
- 	This message occurs if the specified rule does not exist.
        
   Description
  
   DROP RULE drops a rule from the specified
   Postgres rule
   system. Postgres
   will immediately cease enforcing it and
   will purge its definition from the system catalogs.
  
    Notes
   
    The DROP RULE statement is a
    Postgres
    language extension.
   
    Refer to CREATE RULE for
    information on how to create rules.
   
    Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information
    the rule has written may disappear.
   
   Usage
  
   To drop the rewrite rule newrule:
   
DROP RULE newrule;
   
     Compatibility
  
    SQL92
   
    There is no DROP RULE in SQL92.