1DROP VIEW(7)             PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation            DROP VIEW(7)
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NAME

6       DROP_VIEW - remove a view
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       DROP VIEW drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be
13       the owner of the view.
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PARAMETERS

16       IF EXISTS
17           Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is
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20       name
21           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
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23       CASCADE
24           Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other
25           views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
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29           Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the
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EXAMPLES

33       This command will remove the view called kinds:
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35           DROP VIEW kinds;
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COMPATIBILITY

38       This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard
39       only allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF
40       EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension.
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SEE ALSO

43       ALTER VIEW (ALTER_VIEW(7)), CREATE VIEW (CREATE_VIEW(7))
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