Use this statement to delete a message type definition from a database.

Syntax

DROP REMOTE MESSAGE TYPE message-system

message-system: 
FILE 
| FTP 
| SMTP

Remarks

The statement removes a message type from a database.

Permissions

Must have DBA authority. To be able to drop the type, there must be no user granted REMOTE or CONSOLIDATE permissions with this type.

Side effects

Automatic commit.

See also

• CREATE REMOTE MESSAGE TYPE statement [SQL Remote]
• Using message types

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement drops the FILE message type from a database.

DROP REMOTE MESSAGE TYPE file;