DROP VIEW
DROP VIEW
Name
DROP VIEW -- remove a viewSynopsis
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).
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.
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