DROP_VIEW - remove a view

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.

DROPVIEW drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view.

This command will remove the view called kinds: DROP VIEW kinds;

DROP_VIEW - remove a view

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 (see Section 5.15). RESTRICT Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

ALTER VIEW (ALTER_VIEW(7)), CREATE VIEW (CREATE_VIEW(7)) PostgreSQL 17.5 2025 DROPVIEW(7)

DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]