PostgreSQL Alter Table: Alter a table to drop an index from it

13. Write a SQL statement to drop the index indx_job_id from job_history table.

Here is the structure of the job_history and index file of the table job_history.

postgres=# \d job_history

    Column     |         Type          | Modifiers
---------------+-----------------------+-----------
 employee_id   | numeric(6,0)          |
 start_date    | date                  |
 end_date      | date                  |
 job_id        | character varying(10) | not null
 department_id | numeric(4,0)          |
Indexes:
    "index_job_id" PRIMARY KEY, btree (job_id)

Now execute the following statement.

Sample Solution:

Code:

ALTER TABLE job_history DROP CONSTRAINT index_job_id;

Output:

Now see the structure of the table job_history after being altered.

postgres=# \d job_history

    Column     |         Type          | Modifiers
---------------+-----------------------+-----------
 employee_id   | numeric(6,0)          |
 start_date    | date                  |
 end_date      | date                  |
 job_id        | character varying(10) | not null
 department_id | numeric(4,0)          |

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