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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 5.14).
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))
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