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NAME

       DROP TABLESPACE - remove a tablespace

SYNOPSIS

       DROP TABLESPACE [ IF EXISTS ] tablespacename

DESCRIPTION

       DROP TABLESPACE removes a tablespace from the system.

       A  tablespace  can  only  be  dropped by its owner or a superuser.  The
       tablespace must be empty of all  database  objects  before  it  can  be
       dropped.  It  is  possible  that objects in other databases might still
       reside in the tablespace even if no objects in the current database are
       using  the  tablespace.  Also,  if  the  tablespace  is  listed  in the
       temp_tablespaces setting of any active session, the DROP might fail due
       to temporary files residing in the tablespace.

PARAMETERS

       IF EXISTS
              Do not throw an error if the tablespace does not exist. A notice
              is issued in this case.

       tablespacename
              The name of a tablespace.

NOTES

       DROP TABLESPACE cannot be executed inside a transaction block.

EXAMPLES

       To remove tablespace mystuff from the system:

       DROP TABLESPACE mystuff;

COMPATIBILITY

       DROP TABLESPACE is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO

       CREATE    TABLESPACE    [create_tablespace(7)],    ALTER     TABLESPACE
       [alter_tablespace(7)]