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+.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
+.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/drop_rule.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:24 scrappy Exp $
+.TH "DROP RULE" SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
+.SH NAME
+drop rule \- removes a current rule from Postgres
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fBdrop rule\fR rule_name
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This command drops the rule named rule_name from the specified Postgres
+rule system. Postgres will immediately cease enforcing it and will purge
+its definition from the system catalogs.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+--
+--This example drops the rewrite rule example_1
+--
+drop rule example_1
+.fi
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+create rule(l),
+drop view(l).
+.SH BUGS
+Once a rule is dropped, access to historical information the rule has
+written may disappear.