Uninstall

Remove an E-Maj extension from a database

To remove E-Maj from a database, the user must log on this database with psql, as a superuser.

If the drop of the emaj_adm and emaj_viewer roles is desirable, rights on them given to other roles must be previously deleted, using REVOKE SQL verbs.

REVOKE emaj_adm FROM <role.or.roles.list>;
REVOKE emaj_viewer FROM <role.or.roles.list>;

If these emaj_adm and emaj_viewer roles own access rights on other application objects, these rights must be suppressed too, before starting the removal operation.

Allthough the emaj extension is usualy installed with a CREATE EXTENSION statement, it cannot be removed with a simple DROP EXTENSION statement. An event trigger blocks such a statement.

Whatever the manner the emaj extension has been installed (using the standart CREATE EXTENSION statement or a psql script when adding an extension is forbidden), its removal just needs to execute the emaj_drop_extension() function:

SELECT emaj.emaj_drop_extension();

This function performs the following steps:

  • it executes the cleaning functions created by demo or test scripts, if they exist,

  • it stops the tables groups in LOGGING state, if any,

  • it drops the tables groups, removing in particular the triggers on application tables,

  • it drops the extension and the main emaj schema,

  • it drops roles emaj_adm and emaj_viewer if they are not linked to any objects in the current database or in other databases of the instance.

In E-Maj versions 4.4.0 and previous, the emaj extension removal was done by the execution of a sql/emaj_uninstall.sql script. Although deprecated, the removal can always be done the same manner.

Uninstall the E-Maj software

The way to uninstall the E-Maj software depends on the way it has been installed.

For a standart install with the pgxn client, a single command is required:

pgxn uninstall E-Maj --sudo

For a standart install without the pgxn client, reach the initial directory of the E-Maj distribution and type:

sudo make uninstall

For a manual install, the installed components must be removed by reverting the initial installation steps.