DROP SEQUENCE

Purpose

Use the DROP SEQUENCE statement to remove a sequence from the database.

You can also use this statement to restart a sequence by dropping and then re-creating it. For example, if you have a sequence with a current value of 150 and you would like to restart the sequence with a value of 27, you can drop the sequence and then re-create it with the same name and a START WITH value of 27.

See Also: CREATE SEQUENCE for information on creating a sequence ALTER SEQUENCE for more information on modifying a sequence

Prerequisites

The sequence must be in your own schema or you must have the DROP ANY SEQUENCE system privilege.

Syntax

Keywords and Parameters

schema

Specify the schema containing the sequence. If you omit schema, Oracle assumes the sequence is in your own schema.

sequence_name

Specify the name of the sequence to be dropped.

Example

DROP SEQUENCE Example

The following statement drops the sequence ESEQ owned by the user elly. To issue this statement, you must either be connected as user elly or have DROP ANY SEQUENCE system privilege:

DROP SEQUENCE elly.eseq;