Re: DROP TABLE Appears to Fail - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Rick Genter wrote:

> Silly question, but did you try it with a semicolon after the drop table?

Rick,

   See my answer to Andy: that's incorrect syntax and psql complains.

> I've noticed that if you are in the middle of a statement and issue a \
> command, psql ignores the SQL you've typed in and just does the \ command.

   But there is no continuation command just 'drop table <tablename>'.

Thanks,

Rich