Example 1: Deleting a schema with implicit RESTRICT In the following example, the user must delete the definitions that refer to the schema RECRUITING before deleting the schema itself. After setting the default schema to RECRUITING and the default catalog to ADMINISTRATION, the user can qualify each definition name with only the alias CORP. SQL> ATTACH 'ALIAS CORP FILENAME CORPORATE_DATA'; SQL> SET CATALOG '"CORP.ADMINISTRATION"'; SQL> SET SCHEMA '"CORP.ADMINISTRATION".RECRUITING'; SQL> SET QUOTING RULES 'SQL92'; SQL> DROP SCHEMA "CORP.RECRUITING"; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-E-SCHEMAINUSE, schema RECRUITING currently in use SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.CANDIDATES"; SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.COLLEGES"; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-CONEXI, relation COLLEGES is referenced in constraint DEGREES_FOREIGN3 -RDMS-F-RELNOTDEL, relation COLLEGES has not been deleted SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.DEGREES"; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-TRGEXI, relation DEGREES is referenced in trigger EMPLOYEE_ID_CASCADE_DELETE SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.RESUMES"; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-TRGEXI, relation RESUMES is referenced in trigger EMPLOYEE_ID_CASCADE_DELETE -RDMS-F-RELNOTDEL, relation RESUMES has not been deleted SQL> -- SQL> -- The trigger is part of another schema, PERSONNEL. Since this SQL> -- is not the default schema, the user qualifies the trigger name SQL> -- with schema and names. SQL> -- SQL> DROP TRIGGER "CORP.ADMINSTRATION".PERSONNEL.EMPLOYEE_ID_CASCADE_DELETE; SQL> DROP CONSTRAINT "CORP.DEGREES_FOREIGN3"; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-CONDELVIAREL, constraint DEGREES_FOREIGN3 can only be deleted by changing or deleting relation DEGREES SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.DEGREES"; SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.RESUMES"; SQL> DROP TABLE "CORP.COLLEGES"; SQL> DROP SCHEMA "CORP.RECRUITING"; Example 2: Deleting a schema with CASCADE In the following example, SQL deletes the definitions that refer to the schema ACCOUNTING, then deletes the schema itself: SQL> DROP SCHEMA "CORP.ACCOUNTING" CASCADE; Domain "CORP.ADMINISTRATION".ACCOUNTING.BUDGET is also being dropped. Domain "CORP.ADMINISTRATION".ACCOUNTING.CODE is also being dropped. SQL>