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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_materialized_view.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="sql-creatematerializedview">
<indexterm zone="sql-creatematerializedview">
<primary>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</refname>
<refpurpose>define a new materialized view</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable>table_name</replaceable>
[ (<replaceable>column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
[ USING <replaceable class="parameter">method</replaceable> ]
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">storage_parameter</replaceable> [= <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>] [, ... ] ) ]
[ TABLESPACE <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_name</replaceable> ]
AS <replaceable>query</replaceable>
[ WITH [ NO ] DATA ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> defines a materialized view of
a query. The query is executed and used to populate the view at the time
the command is issued (unless <command>WITH NO DATA</command> is used) and may be
refreshed later using <command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW</command>.
</para>
<para>
<command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> is similar to
<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command>, except that it also remembers the query used
to initialize the view, so that it can be refreshed later upon demand.
A materialized view has many of the same properties as a table, but there
is no support for temporary materialized views.
</para>
<para>
<command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> requires
<literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on the schema used for the materialized
view.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>IF NOT EXISTS</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not throw an error if a materialized view with the same name already
exists. A notice is issued in this case. Note that there is no guarantee
that the existing materialized view is anything like the one that would
have been created.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>table_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the materialized view to be
created. The name must be distinct from the name of any other relation
(table, sequence, index, view, materialized view, or foreign table) in
the same schema.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>column_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of a column in the new materialized view. If column names are
not provided, they are taken from the output column names of the query.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>USING <replaceable class="parameter">method</replaceable></literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This optional clause specifies the table access method to use to store
the contents for the new materialized view; the method needs be an
access method of type <literal>TABLE</literal>. See <xref
linkend="tableam"/> for more information. If this option is not
specified, the default table access method is chosen for the new
materialized view. See <xref linkend="guc-default-table-access-method"/>
for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">storage_parameter</replaceable> [= <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>] [, ... ] )</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This clause specifies optional storage parameters for the new
materialized view; see
<xref linkend="sql-createtable-storage-parameters"/> in the
<xref linkend="sql-createtable"/> documentation for more
information. All parameters supported for <literal>CREATE
TABLE</literal> are also supported for <literal>CREATE MATERIALIZED
VIEW</literal>.
See <xref linkend="sql-createtable"/> for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>TABLESPACE <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_name</replaceable></literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace_name</replaceable> is the name
of the tablespace in which the new materialized view is to be created.
If not specified, <xref linkend="guc-default-tablespace"/> is consulted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>query</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A <link linkend="sql-select"><command>SELECT</command></link>, <link linkend="sql-table"><command>TABLE</command></link>,
or <link linkend="sql-values"><command>VALUES</command></link> command. This query will run within a
security-restricted operation; in particular, calls to functions that
themselves create temporary tables will fail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>WITH [ NO ] DATA</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This clause specifies whether or not the materialized view should be
populated at creation time. If not, the materialized view will be
flagged as unscannable and cannot be queried until <command>REFRESH
MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
<command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> is a
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-altermaterializedview"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createtableas"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createview"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-dropmaterializedview"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-refreshmaterializedview"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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