DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW(7)
NAME
DROP_MATERIALIZED_VIEW - remove a materialized view
SYNOPSIS
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW drops an existing materialized view. To execute
this command you must be the owner of the materialized view.
PARAMETERS
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the materialized view does not exist. A
notice is issued in this case.
name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the materialized view to
remove.
CASCADE
Automatically drop objects that depend on the materialized view
(such as other materialized views, or regular views), and in turn
all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.13,
"Dependency Tracking", in the documentation).
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the materialized view if any objects depend on it.
This is the default.
EXAMPLES
This command will remove the materialized view called order_summary:
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;
COMPATIBILITY
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW is a PostgreSQL extension.
SEE ALSO
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (CREATE_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), ALTER
MATERIALIZED VIEW (ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), REFRESH MATERIALIZED
VIEW (REFRESH_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7))
PostgreSQL 9.6.6 2017 DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW(7)
PostgreSQL 9.6.6 - Generated Sat Dec 2 08:52:10 CST 2017