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+/*
+ * ** header v3.0
+ * This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics,
+ * Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * ** end header
+ */
+
+Drop Procedure if exists db_5_0.retrieveGroup;