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NAME

       DROP VIEW - remove a view

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

PARAMETERS

       name   The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.

       CASCADE
              Automatically drop objects that depend  on  the  view  (such  as
              other views).

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

EXAMPLES

       This command will remove the view called kinds:

       DROP VIEW kinds;

COMPATIBILITY

       This command conforms to the SQL standard,  except  that  the  standard
       only allows one view to be dropped per command.

SEE ALSO

       CREATE VIEW [create_view(l)]

SQL - Language Statements         2005-11-05                       DROP VIEW()