Removes a materialized view.
Synopsis
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <name> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW drops an existing materialized view. To run 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 a materialized view to be dropped.
- 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 removes the materialized view called order_summary.
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;
Compatibility
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW is a Greenplum Database extension of the SQL standard.
See Also
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW, CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW
Parent topic: SQL Commands
