DROP VIEW
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
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IF EXISTS -
Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
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name -
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
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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 5.13).
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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, CREATE VIEW© 1996–2019 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Licensed under the PostgreSQL License.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/sql-dropview.html