DROP VIEW

DROP VIEW

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SQL - Language Statements

DROP VIEW

remove a view

DROP VIEW \[ IF EXISTS \]

name

\[, \...\] \[ CASCADE \| RESTRICT \]

Description
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`DROP VIEW` drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be
the owner of the view.

Parameters
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`IF EXISTS`

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

name

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

`CASCADE`

:   Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other
    views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
    [???](#ddl-depend)).

`RESTRICT`

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

Examples
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This command will remove the view called `kinds`:

    DROP VIEW kinds;

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

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

See Also
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