drop view(7)
NAME
DROP VIEW - remove a view
SYNOPSIS
DROP VIEW name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
DESCRIPTION
DROP VIEW drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be
the owner of the view.
PARAMETERS
name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
- CASCADE
- Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views).
- RESTRICT
- Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
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.
SEE ALSO
- CREATE VIEW [create_view(7)]