DROP_MATERIALIZED_VIEW (7)

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

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW drops an existing materialized view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the 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).

RESTRICT

Refuse to drop the materialized view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

This command will remove the materialized view called order_summary:

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW order_summary;

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW is a PostgreSQL extension.

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (CREATE_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW (ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7)), REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW (REFRESH_MATERIALIZED_VIEW(7))