doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml

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   6 <refentry id="SQL-DROPUSER">
   7  <refmeta>
   8   <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPUSER-TITLE">DROP USER</refentrytitle>
   9   <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
  10  </refmeta>
  11
  12  <refnamediv>
  13   <refname>DROP USER</refname>
  14   <refpurpose>remove a database role</refpurpose>
  15  </refnamediv>
  16
  17  <indexterm zone="sql-dropuser">
  18   <primary>DROP USER</primary>
  19  </indexterm>
  20
  21  <refsynopsisdiv>
  22 <synopsis>
  23 DROP USER [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...]
  24 </synopsis>
  25  </refsynopsisdiv>
  26
  27  <refsect1>
  28   <title>Description</title>
  29
  30   <para>
  31    <command>DROP USER</command> is now an alias for
  32    <xref linkend="sql-droprole" endterm="sql-droprole-title">.
  33   </para>
  34  </refsect1>
  35
  36  <refsect1>
  37   <title>Compatibility</title>
  38
  39   <para>
  40    The <command>DROP USER</command> statement is a
  41    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.  The SQL standard
  42    leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
  43   </para>
  44  </refsect1>
  45
  46  <refsect1>
  47   <title>See Also</title>
  48
  49   <simplelist type="inline">
  50    <member><xref linkend="sql-droprole" endterm="sql-droprole-title"></member>
  51   </simplelist>
  52  </refsect1>
  53
  54 </refentry>