Name
DROP VIEW
-- Removes existing views from a database.
Synopsis
Inputs
- name
The name of an existing view.
Outputs
- DROP
The message returned if the command is successful.
- ERROR: view name does not exist
This message occurs if the specified view does not exist in
the database.
Description
DROP VIEW drops an existing view from the database.
To execute this command you must be the owner of the
view.
Notes
Refer to CREATE VIEW
for information on how to create views.
To remove a referenced view from a
PostgreSQL database,
you must drop it explicitly.
Usage
This command will remove the view called kinds:
Compatibility
SQL92
SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for
DROP VIEW:
DROP VIEW view { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
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Inputs
- RESTRICT
Ensures that only a view with no dependent views or
integrity constraints can be destroyed.
- CASCADE
Any referencing views and integrity constraints
will be dropped as well.
PostgreSQL does not have these capabilities.