DROP SYNONYM

The DROP SYNONYM statement removes a synonym from the database.

If the synonym is replicated across an active standby pair and if DDL_REPLICATION_LEVEL is 2 or greater, the DROP SYNONYM statement drops the synonym from the active standby pair for all databases in the replication scheme. See Making DDL Changes in an Active Standby Pair in the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Replication Guide for more information.

Required Privilege

No privilege is required to drop the private synonym by its owner. The DROP ANY SYNONYM privilege is required to drop another user's private synonym.

The DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM privilege is required to drop a PUBLIC synonym.

Usage with TimesTen Scaleout

This statement is supported with TimesTen Scaleout.

SQL Syntax

To drop a private synonym, use the following syntax:

DROP SYNONYM [Owner.]SynonymName

To drop a public synonym:

DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM SynonymName

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`PUBLIC`	Specify `PUBLIC` to drop a public synonym.
`Owner`	Optionally, specify the owner for a private synonym. If you omit the owner, the private synonym must exist in the current user's schema.
`SynonymName`	Specify the name of the synonym to be dropped.

Examples

Drop the public synonym pubemp:

DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM pubemp;
Synonym dropped.

Drop the private synjobs synonym:

DROP SYNONYM synjobs;
Synonym dropped.

As user terry with DROP ANY SYNONYM privilege, drop the private syntab synonym owned by ttuser.

DROP SYNONYM ttuser.syntab;
Synonym dropped.