DROP DATABASE LINK

Purpose

Use the DROP DATABASE LINK statement to remove a database link from the database.

See Also: CREATE DATABASE LINK for information on creating database links

Prerequisites

To drop a private database link, the database link must be in your own schema. To drop a PUBLIC database link, you must have the DROP PUBLIC DATABASE LINK system privilege.

Syntax

Keywords and Parameters

PUBLIC

You must specify PUBLIC to drop a PUBLIC database link.

dblink

Specify the name of the database link to be dropped.

Restriction: You cannot drop a database link in another user's schema, and you cannot qualify dblink with the name of a schema. The reason is that periods are permitted in names of database links. Therefore, Oracle interprets the entire name, such as ralph.linktosales, as the name of a database link in your schema rather than as a database link named linktosales in the schema ralph.

Example

Dropping a Database Link Example

The following statement drops a private database link named boston:

DROP DATABASE LINK boston;