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NAME
DROP_VIEW - remove a view
SYNOPSIS
DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP VIEW drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view.
PARAMETERS
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). 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, 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
ALTER VIEW (ALTER_VIEW(7)), CREATE VIEW (CREATE_VIEW(7))