DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW

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DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW

remove a materialized view

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW \[ IF EXISTS \]

name

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

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

Parameters
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`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 [???](#ddl-depend)).

`RESTRICT`

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

Examples
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This command will remove the materialized view called `order_summary`:

    DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;

Compatibility
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`DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW` is a PostgreSQL extension.

See Also
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