DROP_MATERIALIZED_VIEW - remove a materialized view

DROPMATERIALIZEDVIEW is a PostgreSQL extension.

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

This command will remove the materialized view called order_summary: DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;

DROP_MATERIALIZED_VIEW - remove a materialized view

IF EXISTS Do not throw an error if the materialized view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case. name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the materialized view to remove. CASCADE Automatically drop objects that depend on the materialized view (such as other materialized views, or regular views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.15). RESTRICT Refuse to drop the materialized view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (CREATE_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW (ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW (REFRESH_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)) PostgreSQL 17.5 2025 DROPMATERIALIZEDVIEW(7)

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