14.18 DROP PROCEDURE Statement
The DROP
PROCEDURE
statement drops a standalone procedure from the database.
Note:
Do not use this statement to remove a procedure that is part of a package. Instead, either drop the entire package using the "DROP PACKAGE Statement", or redefine the package without the procedure using the "CREATE PACKAGE Statement" with the OR
REPLACE
clause.
Topics
Prerequisites
The procedure must be in your schema or you must have the DROP
ANY
PROCEDURE
system privilege.
Syntax
drop_procedure ::=
Semantics
schema
Name of the schema containing the procedure. Default: your schema.
procedure
Name of the procedure to be dropped.
When you drop a procedure, the database invalidates any local objects that depend upon the dropped procedure. If you subsequently reference one of these objects, then the database tries to recompile the object and returns an error message if you have not re-created the dropped procedure.
Example
Example 14-35 Dropping a Procedure
This statement drops the procedure remove_emp
owned by the user hr
and invalidates all objects that depend upon remove_emp
:
DROP PROCEDURE hr.remove_emp;
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