Re: error dropping operator

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

"Sabin Coanda" <sabin(dot)coanda(at)deuromedia(dot)ro> writes:
> I don't have experience with operators. I built one and when I tried to drop 
> it I got th efollowing error: cannot drop operator ... because it is 
> required by the database system.

> How do I drop it please ?

Well, you need to drop *your* operator, not the similarly named built-in
one which is evidently what you tried to do.  You have to watch out for
search_path gotchas here --- most likely, you need to specify the schema
containing your operator explicitly.

			regards, tom lane