Example 1: Deleting an external function definition from an Oracle Rdb database If you want to alter an external function definition, you must first delete it and then create it again with the changes you plan. This example shows how to delete the COSINE_F function. SQL> DROP FUNCTION cosine_f RESTRICT; Example 2: Deleting a routine from a stored module The DROP FUNCTION and DROP PROCEDURE statements can be used to drop routines from a stored module. If the routine is referenced by other objects then the CASCADE option may be required to successfully drop the routine. See also the DROP FUNCTION and DROP PROCEDURE clauses of ALTER MODULE which can be used to perform the same task. This example removes a function from the stored module TIME_ ROUTINES that is no longer in use. SQL> set dialect 'sql99'; SQL> create database filename junk; SQL> SQL> create module TIME_ROUTINES cont> cont> function GET_TIME () cont> returns TIME (2); cont> return CURRENT_TIME (2); cont> cont> function DAY_OF_WEEK (in :dt date) cont> returns VARCHAR(10); cont> return case EXTRACT (weekday from :dt) cont> when 1 then 'Monday' cont> when 2 then 'Tuesday' cont> when 3 then 'Wednesday' cont> when 4 then 'Thursday' cont> when 5 then 'Friday' cont> when 6 then 'Saturday' cont> when 7 then 'Sunday' cont> else '***' cont> end; cont> cont> end module; SQL> SQL> show module TIME_ROUTINES; Information for module TIME_ROUTINES Header: TIME_ROUTINES No description found Module ID is: 1 Routines in module TIME_ROUTINES: DAY_OF_WEEK GET_TIME SQL> drop function GET_TIME cascade; SQL> show module TIME_ROUTINES; Information for module TIME_ROUTINES Header: TIME_ROUTINES No description found Module ID is: 1 Routines in module TIME_ROUTINES: DAY_OF_WEEK SQL>