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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>DROP VIEW</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="sql-dropusermapping.html" title="DROP USER MAPPING" /><link rel="next" href="sql-end.html" title="END" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">DROP VIEW</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropusermapping.html" title="DROP USER MAPPING">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">SQL Commands</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 14.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-end.html" title="END">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="refentry" id="SQL-DROPVIEW"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.3.145.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">DROP VIEW</span></h2><p>DROP VIEW — remove a view</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis">
+DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.145.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
+ <code class="command">DROP VIEW</code> drops an existing view. To execute
+ this command you must be the owner of the view.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.145.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued
+ in this case.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as
+ other views),
+ and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
+ (see <a class="xref" href="ddl-depend.html" title="5.14. Dependency Tracking">Section 5.14</a>).
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is
+ the default.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.145.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
+ This command will remove the view called <code class="literal">kinds</code>:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+DROP VIEW kinds;
+</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.145.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
+ This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only
+ allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the
+ <code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code> option, which is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ extension.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.145.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-alterview.html" title="ALTER VIEW"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER VIEW</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-createview.html" title="CREATE VIEW"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE VIEW</span></a></span></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropusermapping.html" title="DROP USER MAPPING">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-end.html" title="END">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP USER MAPPING </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 14.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> END</td></tr></table></div></body></html> \ No newline at end of file