DROP PROCEDURE

The DROP PROCEDURE statement removes a standalone stored procedure from the database. Do not use this statement to remove a procedure that is part of a package.

Required privilege

No privilege is required for the procedure owner.

DROP ANY PROCEDURE for another user's procedure.

Usage with TimesTen Scaleout

This statement is supported with TimesTen Scaleout.

SQL syntax

DROP PROCEDURE [Owner.]ProcedureName

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`[Owner.]ProcedureName`	Name of the procedure to be dropped.

Description

When you drop a procedure, TimesTen invalidates objects that depend on the dropped procedure. If you subsequently reference one of these objects, TimesTen attempts to recompile the object and returns an error message if you have not recreated the dropped procedure.
Do not use this statement to remove a procedure that is part of a package. Either drop the package or redefine the package without the procedure using the CREATE PACKAGE statement with the OR REPLACE clause.
To use the DROP PROCEDURE statement, you must have PL/SQL enabled in your database. If you do not have PL/SQL enabled in your database, an error is thrown.

Examples

The following statement drops the procedure myproc and invalidates all objects that depend on myproc:

Command> DROP PROCEDURE myproc;
Procedure dropped.

If PL/SQL is not enabled in your database, TimesTen returns an error:

Command> DROP PROCEDURE myproc;
 
 8501: PL/SQL feature not installed in this TimesTen databaseThe command failed.