DROP_USER(7pg16)

πŸ“¦ version 16.15, in opensuse-leap 16.0

okay so bestie, welcome to the DROP USER(7) page β€” it's short, it's cute, it's giving β€œwhy is this its own page?” energy, and we're gonna read it together πŸ’…βœ¨

🌸 NAME 🌸

DROP_USER β€” remove a database role 🫢

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

DROP USER is literally just an alternate spelling of DROP ROLE β€” same vibe, different spelling, no cap πŸ’€βœ¨

πŸ¦‹ COMPATIBILITY πŸ¦‹

So here's the compatibility tea β˜•: the DROP USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation β€” yep, that's the whole situation, bestie 😌

πŸŽ€ SEE ALSO πŸŽ€

  • DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7)) β€” the other page to hit up, iykyk πŸ‘‘

okay that's the whole page πŸ’… β€” PostgreSQL 16.15, dated 2026, DROP USER(7), and that's a wrap. mwah 🫢✨

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