DROP VIEW

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Removes the metadata associated with a specified view from the catalog. To drop a view you must be its owner, or the owner of the schema, catalog, or metastore the view resides in.

Syntax

DROP [ MATERIALIZED ] VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] view_name

Parameter

IF EXISTS

If specified, no TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUND error is thrown when the view does not exist.
view_name

The name of the view to be dropped. If the view cannot be found Databricks raises a TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUND error.

Examples

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` exists.
> DROP VIEW employeeView;

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` exists in the `usersc` schema
> DROP VIEW usersc.employeeView;

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` does not exist.
-- Throws TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUND
> DROP VIEW employeeView;
  [TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUND]

-- Assumes a materialized view named `employeeView` exists.
> DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW employeeView

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` does not exist. Try with IF EXISTS
-- this time it will not throw exception
> DROP VIEW IF EXISTS employeeView;