diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_VIEW.7')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_VIEW.7 | 85 |
1 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_VIEW.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_VIEW.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c029ca5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DROP_VIEW.7 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +'\" 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)) |