DROP VIEW
Section: PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation (7)
Updated: 2024
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NAME
DROP_VIEW - remove a view
SYNOPSIS
DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP VIEW
drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view.
PARAMETERS
IF EXISTS
-
Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
-
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
CASCADE
-
Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section 5.14).
RESTRICT
-
Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
EXAMPLES
This command will remove the view called
kinds:
-
DROP VIEW kinds;
COMPATIBILITY
This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the
IF EXISTS
option, which is a
PostgreSQL
extension.
SEE ALSO
ALTER VIEW (ALTER_VIEW(7)), CREATE VIEW (CREATE_VIEW(7))
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