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Bruce Momjian 4ad073cf4c In the outputs section the NOTICE reads:
aggregate 'agg' for 'type' does not exist.

Mismatch with synopsis, agg must be name here.

Frank Wegmann
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-TITLE">
DROP AGGREGATE
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
DROP AGGREGATE
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Removes the definition of an aggregate function
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
DROP AGGREGATE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing aggregate function.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The input datatype of an existing aggregate function,
or <literal>*</literal> if the function accepts any input type.
(Refer to the <citetitle>PostgreSQL User's Guide</citetitle> for
further information about data types.)
<comment>This should become a cross-reference rather than a
hard-coded chapter number</comment>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
DROP
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Message returned if the command is successful.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
ERROR: RemoveAggregate: aggregate '<replaceable class="parameter">agg</replaceable>' for '<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>' does not exist
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This message occurs if the aggregate function specified does not
exist in the database.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>DROP AGGREGATE</command> will remove all references to an existing
aggregate definition. To execute this command the current
user must be the owner of the aggregate.
</para>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-3">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Notes
</title>
<para>
Use
<xref linkend="sql-createaggregate" endterm="sql-createaggregate-title">
to create aggregate functions.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-2">
<title>
Usage
</title>
<para>
To remove the <literal>myavg</literal> aggregate for type
<literal>int4</literal>:
</para>
<programlisting>
DROP AGGREGATE myavg int4;
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-3">
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPAGGREGATE-4">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
SQL92
</title>
<para>
There is no <command>DROP AGGREGATE</command> statement
in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>; the statement is a
<productname>Postgres</productname>
language extension.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
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