pg_dropColumn {pgTools}

Helper command to drop a column via ALTER TABLE.

Description

Helper command to drop a column via ALTER TABLE.

Usage

pg_dropColumn(
  column_name,
  cascade = FALSE,
  restrict = FALSE,
  if_exists = FALSE
)

Arguments

column_name

A string, the name of the column to drop.

cascade

Boolean, if TRUE, adds CASCADE to the DROP COLUMN statement.

restrict

Boolean, if TRUE, adds RESTRICT to the DROP COLUMN statement.

if_exists

Boolean, if TRUE, adds IF EXISTS to the DROP COLUMN statement.

Value

A string, PostgreSQL helper statement to drop a column using ALTER TABLE.

Examples

pg_dropColumn(
column_name = "newCol"
)