DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW — remove a materialized view
Synopsis
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name
[, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW
drops an existing materialized view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the materialized view.
Parameters
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).
RESTRICT
Refuse to drop the materialized view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
This command will remove the materialized view called order_summary
:
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;
Compatibility
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW
is a PostgreSQL extension.