DROP_TRANSFORM(7pg18)

💅 DROP_TRANSFORM — bestie, it's time to say bye to that transform

okay so real talk, this is a PostgreSQL 18.6 manual page, it lives in section 7 of the docs, and it's all about yeeting a transform you made earlier. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

DROP_TRANSFORM — literally just: remove a transform 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

DROP TRANSFORM [ IF EXISTS ] FOR type_name LANGUAGE lang_name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so DROP TRANSFORM does exactly what it says on the tin: it removes a previously defined transform. gone. deleted. no more. 🫶

but here's the vibe check 👑 — to be able to drop a transform, you must own the type and the language. yes, both. and guess what? those are the exact same privileges you needed to create a transform in the first place. so if you made it, you can unmake it. iconic symmetry honestly.

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✨ PARAMETERS ✨

• IF EXISTS — do not throw an error if the transform doesn't exist. instead a notice gets issued in this case. basically the "no worries if not" of SQL 💖
• type_name — the name of the data type of the transform.
• lang_name — the name of the language of the transform.
• CASCADE — automatically drop objects that depend on the transform, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.15). it's giving domino effect fr fr 🔥
• RESTRICT — refuse to drop the transform if any objects depend on it. this is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is what you get.

⚠️ okay bestie listen — CASCADE doesn't just drop the one thing. it takes out everything downstream too. chain reaction energy. know what you're deleting before you delete it 💀

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✨ EXAMPLES ✨

to drop the transform for type hstore and language plpython3u:

DROP TRANSFORM FOR hstore LANGUAGE plpython3u;

clean, simple, one line, ate 💅

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✨ COMPATIBILITY ✨

ngl, this form of DROP TRANSFORM is a PostgreSQL extension — it's not part of the standard. for the full tea, go check CREATE TRANSFORM (CREATE_TRANSFORM(7)) 🌸

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• CREATE TRANSFORM (CREATE_TRANSFORM(7))

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okay that's the whole page, you're officially a DROP_TRANSFORM girly now 🧚

this was brought to you by PostgreSQL 18.6, dated 2026, page DROP TRANSFORM(7) — mwah, go forth and drop responsibly 💖✨🎀