DROP VIEW(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation DROP VIEW(7) NAME DROP_VIEW - remove a view SYNOPSIS DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] DESCRIPTION DROP VIEW drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view. PARAMETERS IF EXISTS Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case. name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove. CASCADE Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Sec- tion 5.15). RESTRICT Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the de- fault. EXAMPLES This command will remove the view called kinds: DROP VIEW kinds; COMPATIBILITY This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the IF EXISTS op- tion, which is a PostgreSQL extension. SEE ALSO ALTER VIEW (ALTER_VIEW(7)), CREATE VIEW (CREATE_VIEW(7)) PostgreSQL 18.6 2026 DROP VIEW(7)
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