Drop effects: Whenever an object is dropped, its description is dropped from the catalog. If the object is referenced in a function, package, procedure, program, or trigger; any access plans that reference the object are implicitly prepared again when the access plan is next used. If the object does not exist at that time, an error is returned.
Syntax alternatives: The following keywords are synonyms supported for compatibility to prior releases. These keywords are non-standard and should not be used:
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