default.public

Parameters

Name	Type	Mode
catalog_name	character varying	IN
schema_name	character varying	IN
table_name	character varying	IN
column_name	character varying	IN

Definition

DECLARE
	myrec RECORD;
	okay boolean;
	real_schema name;

BEGIN

-- Find, check or fix schema_name
	IF ( schema_name != '' ) THEN
		okay = false;

FOR myrec IN SELECT nspname FROM pg_namespace WHERE text(nspname) = schema_name LOOP
			okay := true;
		END LOOP;

IF ( okay <>  true ) THEN
			RAISE NOTICE 'Invalid schema name - using current_schema()';
			SELECT current_schema() into real_schema;
		ELSE
			real_schema = schema_name;
		END IF;
	ELSE
		SELECT current_schema() into real_schema;
	END IF;

-- Find out if the column is in the geometry_columns table
	okay = false;
	FOR myrec IN SELECT * from public.geometry_columns where f_table_schema = text(real_schema) and f_table_name = table_name and f_geometry_column = column_name LOOP
		okay := true;
	END LOOP;
	IF (okay <> true) THEN
		RAISE EXCEPTION 'column not found in geometry_columns table';
		RETURN false;
	END IF;

-- Remove table column
	EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(real_schema) || '.' ||
		quote_ident(table_name) || ' DROP COLUMN ' ||
		quote_ident(column_name);

RETURN real_schema || '.' || table_name || '.' || column_name ||' effectively removed.';

END;

dropgeometrycolumn(catalog_name character varying, schema_name character varying, table_name character varying, column_name character varying)

Description

Parameters

Definition