DROP LIBRARY

Removes a UDx library from the database.

Removes a UDx library from the database. The library file is deleted from managed directories on the Vertica nodes. The user-defined functions (UDFs) in the library are no longer available. See Developing user-defined extensions (UDxs) for details.

Syntax

DROP LIBRARY [ IF EXISTS ] [[database.]schema.]library [  CASCADE]

Arguments

IF EXISTS: Execute this command only if the library exists. Use this clause in SQL scripts to avoid errors on dropping non-existent objects before attempting to create them.
[database.]schema: Database and schema. The default schema is public. If you specify a database, it must be the current database.
*library*: The name of the library to drop, the same name used in CREATE LIBRARY to load the library.
CASCADE: Also drop any functions that were defined using the library. DROP LIBRARY fails if CASCADE is omitted and one or more UDxs use the target library.

Privileges

One of:

Superuser
UDXDEVELOPER and library owner (the user who created it with CREATE LIBRARY)
UDXDEVELOPER and DROP grant on the library (see GRANT (library))

Examples

A superuser can drop any library:

=> DROP LIBRARY ml.MyLib CASCADE;

Users with the UDXDEVELOPER role can drop libraries that they created:

=> GRANT UDXDEVELOPER TO alice, bob;
GRANT ROLE

=> \c - alice;
You are now connected as user "alice".

-- Must enable the role before using:
=> SET ROLE UDXDEVELOPER;
SET

-- Create and use ml.mylib...

-- Drop library and dependencies:
DROP LIBRARY ml.mylib CASCADE;
DROP LIBRARY

A user can be granted explicit permission to drop a library:

=> \c - alice
You are now connected as user "alice".

=> GRANT DROP ON LIBRARY ml.mylib to bob;
GRANT PRIVILEGE

=> \c - bob
You are now connected as user "bob".

=> SET ROLE UDXDEVELOPER;
SET

=> DROP LIBRARY ml.mylib cascade;
DROP LIBRARY