DROP SEQUENCE - CockroachDB

The DROP SEQUENCE statement removes a sequence from a database.

The DROP SEQUENCE statement performs a schema change. For more information about how online schema changes work in CockroachDB, see Online Schema Changes.

Required privileges

The user must have the DROP privilege on the specified sequence(s).

Synopsis

drop_sequence syntax diagram

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`IF EXISTS`	Drop the sequence only if it exists; if it does not exist, do not return an error.
`sequence_name_list`	A comma-separated list of sequence names. Find the sequence name with `SHOW CREATE` on the table that uses the sequence.
`RESTRICT`	(Default) Do not drop the sequence if any objects (such as constraints and tables) use it.
`CASCADE`	Not implemented. You can drop a sequence only if nothing depends on it.

Examples

Remove a sequence (no dependencies)

In this example, other objects do not depend on the sequence being dropped.

> CREATE SEQUENCE even_numbers INCREMENT 2 START 2;

> SHOW SEQUENCES;

  sequence_schema | sequence_name
------------------+----------------
  public          | even_numbers
(1 row)

> DROP SEQUENCE even_numbers;

> SHOW SEQUENCES;

  sequence_schema | sequence_name
------------------+----------------
(0 rows)

See also