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 Title: DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW
 Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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 Date: 2021
 Manual: PostgreSQL 10.19 Documentation
 Source: PostgreSQL 10.19
 Language: English

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 "NAME"
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), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section 5.13).




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.

 "SEE ALSO"
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (CREATE_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW (ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW (REFRESH_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7))