DROP INDEXTYPE

Syntax

Purpose

To drop an indextype, as well as any association with a statistics type.

See Also: "CREATE INDEXTYPE" for more information on indextypes.

Prerequisites

The indextype must be in your own schema or you must have the DROP ANY INDEXTYPE system privilege.

Keywords and Parameters

schema	is the schema containing the indextype. If you omit schema, Oracle assumes the indextype is in your own schema.
indextype	is the name of the indextype to be dropped. If any statistics types have been associated with indextype, Oracle disassociates the statistics type from the indextype and drops any statistics that have been collected using the statistics type. See Also: "ASSOCIATE STATISTICS" and "DISASSOCIATE STATISTICS" for more information on statistics associations.
FORCE	drops the indextype even if the indextype is currently being referenced by one or more domain indexes, and marks those domain indexes INVALID. Without FORCE, you cannot drop an indextype if any domain indexes reference the indextype.

Example

The following statement drops the indextype TEXTINDEXTYPE and marks INVALID any domain indexes defined on this indextype:

DROP INDEXTYPE textindextype FORCE;