doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml

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   6 <refentry id="sql-dropview">
   7  <indexterm zone="sql-dropview">
   8   <primary>DROP VIEW</primary>
   9  </indexterm>
  10
  11  <refmeta>
  12   <refentrytitle>DROP VIEW</refentrytitle>
  13   <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  14   <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
  15  </refmeta>
  16
  17  <refnamediv>
  18   <refname>DROP VIEW</refname>
  19   <refpurpose>remove a view</refpurpose>
  20  </refnamediv>
  21
  22  <refsynopsisdiv>
  23 <synopsis>
  24 DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
  25 </synopsis>
  26  </refsynopsisdiv>
  27
  28  <refsect1>
  29   <title>Description</title>
  30
  31   <para>
  32    <command>DROP VIEW</command> drops an existing view.  To execute
  33    this command you must be the owner of the view.
  34   </para>
  35  </refsect1>
  36
  37  <refsect1>
  38   <title>Parameters</title>
  39
  40   <variablelist>
  41    <varlistentry>
  42     <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
  43     <listitem>
  44      <para>
  45       Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued
  46       in this case.
  47      </para>
  48     </listitem>
  49    </varlistentry>
  50
  51    <varlistentry>
  52     <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
  53     <listitem>
  54      <para>
  55       The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
  56      </para>
  57     </listitem>
  58    </varlistentry>
  59
  60    <varlistentry>
  61     <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
  62     <listitem>
  63      <para>
  64       Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as
  65       other views),
  66       and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
  67       (see <xref linkend="ddl-depend"/>).
  68      </para>
  69     </listitem>
  70    </varlistentry>
  71
  72    <varlistentry>
  73     <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
  74     <listitem>
  75      <para>
  76       Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it.  This is
  77       the default.
  78      </para>
  79     </listitem>
  80    </varlistentry>
  81   </variablelist>
  82  </refsect1>
  83
  84  <refsect1>
  85   <title>Examples</title>
  86
  87   <para>
  88    This command will remove the view called <literal>kinds</literal>:
  89 <programlisting>
  90 DROP VIEW kinds;
  91 </programlisting></para>
  92  </refsect1>
  93
  94  <refsect1>
  95   <title>Compatibility</title>
  96
  97   <para>
  98    This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only
  99    allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the
 100    <literal>IF EXISTS</literal> option, which is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
 101    extension.
 102   </para>
 103  </refsect1>
 104
 105  <refsect1>
 106   <title>See Also</title>
 107
 108   <simplelist type="inline">
 109    <member><xref linkend="sql-alterview"/></member>
 110    <member><xref linkend="sql-createview"/></member>
 111   </simplelist>
 112  </refsect1>
 113
 114 </refentry>