drop_view(7)

drop_view7

Remove a view

Usage

DROP VIEW name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Overview

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

Parameters

name

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

CASCADE

Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views).

RESTRICT

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

Examples

This command will remove the view called kinds:

DROP VIEW kinds;

Compatibility

This command conforms to the SQL standard.

From postgresql 7.4.7-6sarge6 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.