DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW — remove a materialized view

Synopsis

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

Description

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW removes 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 of the materialized view to remove (optionally schema-qualified).

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.

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 named order_summary:

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;

See Also

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW, ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW