DROP PRIVACY POLICY¶

Removes the specified privacy policy from the current/specified schema.

See also:: CREATE PRIVACY POLICY , ALTER PRIVACY POLICY , DESCRIBE PRIVACY POLICY , SHOW PRIVACY POLICIES

Syntax¶

DROP PRIVACY POLICY <name>

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Parameters¶

name

Specifies the identifier for the privacy policy to drop.

If the identifier contains spaces or special characters, the entire string must be enclosed in double quotes. Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

For more information, see Identifier requirements.

Access control requirements¶

A role used to execute this SQL command must have the following privileges at a minimum:

Privilege	Object	Notes
OWNERSHIP	Privacy policy	OWNERSHIP is a special privilege on an object that is automatically granted to the role that created the object, but can also be transferred using the GRANT OWNERSHIP command to a different role by the owning role (or any role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege).

Note that operating on any object in a schema also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

For instructions on creating a custom role with a specified set of privileges, see Creating custom roles.

For general information about roles and privilege grants for performing SQL actions on securable objects, see Overview of Access Control.

Usage notes¶

A privacy policy cannot be dropped successfully if it is currently assigned to a table or view.

Before executing a DROP statement, execute the following statement to determine if the privacy policy is set on any tables or views.

SELECT * FROM TABLE(mydb.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.POLICY_REFERENCES(POLICY_NAME=>'my_privacy_policy'));

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For each table or view, use ALTER TABLE … DROP PRIVACY POLICY … or ALTER VIEW … DROP PRIVACY POLICY … to detach the privacy policy from the table or view.

Examples¶

The following example drops the privacy policy named myprivpolicy:

DROP PRIVACY POLICY myprivpolicy;

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+------------------------------------+
| status                             |
|------------------------------------|
| MYPRIVPOLICY successfully dropped. |
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