DROP VIEW
is used to remove a view.
Synopsis
DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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.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;