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Version: 1.0.16

DROP VIEW

DROP VIEW — Remove a view

Synopsis

DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Description

DROP VIEW removes an existing view. You must be the owner of the view to execute this command.

Parameters

IF EXISTS

Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name

The name of the view to remove (optionally schema-qualified).

CASCADE

Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects.

RESTRICT

Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

Examples

-- This command will remove the view named kinds:

DROP VIEW kinds;

See Also

ALTER VIEW, CREATE VIEW