REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW

REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW

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REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW

replace the contents of a materialized view

REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW \[ CONCURRENTLY \]

name

\[ WITH \[ NO \] DATA \]

Description
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`REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW` completely replaces the contents of a
materialized view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the
materialized view. The old contents are discarded. If `WITH DATA` is
specified (or defaults) the backing query is executed to provide the new
data, and the materialized view is left in a scannable state. If
`WITH NO DATA` is specified no new data is generated and the
materialized view is left in an unscannable state.

`CONCURRENTLY` and `WITH NO DATA` may not be specified together.

Parameters
==========

`CONCURRENTLY`

:   Refresh the materialized view without locking out concurrent selects
    on the materialized view. Without this option a refresh which
    affects a lot of rows will tend to use fewer resources and complete
    more quickly, but could block other connections which are trying to
    read from the materialized view. This option may be faster in cases
    where a small number of rows are affected.

    This option is only allowed if there is at least one `UNIQUE` index
    on the materialized view which uses only column names and includes
    all rows; that is, it must not be an expression index or include a
    `WHERE` clause.

    This option may not be used when the materialized view is not
    already populated.

    Even with this option only one `REFRESH` at a time may run against
    any one materialized view.

name

:   The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the materialized view to
    refresh.

Notes
=====

If there is an `ORDER BY` clause in the materialized view\'s defining
query, the original contents of the materialized view will be ordered
that way; but `REFRESH MATERIALIZED
   VIEW` does not guarantee to preserve that ordering.

Examples
========

This command will replace the contents of the materialized view called
`order_summary` using the query from the materialized view\'s
definition, and leave it in a scannable state:

    REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;

This command will free storage associated with the materialized view
`annual_statistics_basis` and leave it in an unscannable state:

    REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW annual_statistics_basis WITH NO DATA;

Compatibility
=============

`REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW` is a PostgreSQL extension.

See Also
========
