From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Sabin Coanda <sabin.coanda@deuromedia.ro>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: error dropping operator
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:13:10 -0400
Message-ID: <4575.1190128390@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Sabin Coanda" <sabin.coanda@deuromedia.ro> writes:
> I don't have experience with operators. I built one and when I tried to drop
> it I got th efollowing error: cannot drop operator ... because it is
> required by the database system.
> How do I drop it please ?
Well, you need to drop *your* operator, not the similarly named built-in
one which is evidently what you tried to do. You have to watch out for
search_path gotchas here --- most likely, you need to specify the schema
containing your operator explicitly.
regards, tom lane
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