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DROP USER

DROP USER — remove a database role

Synopsis

DROP USER [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...]

Description

DROP USER is simply an alternate spelling of DROP ROLE.

Compatibility

The DROP USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.

DROP USER

Synopsis

Description

Compatibility

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