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+'\" t
+.\" Title: DROP VIEW
+.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 2021
+.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation
+.\" Source: PostgreSQL 13.4
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "DROP VIEW" "7" "2021" "PostgreSQL 13.4" "PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+DROP_VIEW \- remove a view
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBDROP VIEW\fR
+drops an existing view\&. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view\&.
+.SH "PARAMETERS"
+.PP
+IF EXISTS
+.RS 4
+Do not throw an error if the view does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fIname\fR
+.RS 4
+The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of the view to remove\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+CASCADE
+.RS 4
+Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
+Section\ \&5.14)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+RESTRICT
+.RS 4
+Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+This command will remove the view called
+kinds:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+DROP VIEW kinds;
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
+.PP
+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
+option, which is a
+PostgreSQL
+extension\&.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+ALTER VIEW (\fBALTER_VIEW\fR(7)), CREATE VIEW (\fBCREATE_VIEW\fR(7))