DROP TYPE BODY

Purpose

Use the DROP TYPE BODY statement to drop the body of an object type, varray, or nested table type. When you drop a type body, the object type specification still exists, and you can re-create the type body. Prior to re-creating the body, you can still use the object type, although you cannot call the member functions.

Prerequisites

The object type body must be in your own schema, and you must have

• The CREATE TYPE or CREATE ANY TYPE system privilege, or
• The DROP ANY TYPE system privilege

Syntax

drop_type_body::=

Text description of drop_type_body

Semantics

schema

Specify the schema containing the object type. If you omit schema, then Oracle assumes the object type is in your own schema.

type_name

Specify the name of the object type body to be dropped.

Restriction on Dropping Type Bodies

You can drop a type body only if it has no type or table dependencies.

Example

Dropping an Object Type Body: Example

The following statement removes object type body data_typ (created in "Updating a Type Body: Example"):

DROP TYPE BODY data_typ;