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| <refentry id="SQL-DROPVIEW"> |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPVIEW-TITLE">DROP VIEW</refentrytitle> |
| <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo> |
| </refmeta> |
| |
| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>DROP VIEW</refname> |
| <refpurpose>remove a view</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <indexterm zone="sql-dropview"> |
| <primary>DROP VIEW</primary> |
| </indexterm> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <synopsis> |
| DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] |
| </synopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Description</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| <command>DROP VIEW</command> drops an existing view. To execute |
| this command you must be the owner of the view. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Parameters</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued |
| in this case. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as |
| other views). |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is |
| the default. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Examples</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This command will remove the view called <literal>kinds</literal>: |
| <programlisting> |
| DROP VIEW kinds; |
| </programlisting> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Compatibility</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only |
| allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the |
| <literal>IF EXISTS</> option, which is a <productname>PostgreSQL</> |
| extension. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>See Also</title> |
| |
| <simplelist type="inline"> |
| <member><xref linkend="sql-createview" endterm="sql-createview-title"></member> |
| </simplelist> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |