Deleting a Materialized View

Delete an enabled or disabled materialized view to remove it from the database. Deleting a materialized view deletes the definition of materialized view and its data, because a materialized view has its own physical storage (dbspace).

Prerequisites
Database Version Materialized View Privileges
SAP Sybase IQ 15.3 and 15.4 Requires DBA authority.
SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 Requires one of:
  • DROP ANY MATERIALIZED VIEW system privilege.
  • DROP ANY OBJECT system privilege.
  • You own the materialized view.
Task
Materialized view data is read-only. Materialized views are only supported for system store (IQ catalog store) tables.
  1. In the Perspective Resources view, select the resource and select Resource > Administration Console.
  2. In the left pane, select IQ Servers > Schema Objects > Views > Materialized Views.
  3. Select one or more materialized views from the right pane and either:
    • Click the arrow to the right of the name and select Delete, or
    • From the Administration Console menu bar, select Resource > Delete.
    Note: Use Shift-click or Control-click to select multiple materialized views.
  4. Click Yes to confirm deletion.
Related concepts
Materialized View Permissions
Materialized View Indexes
Related tasks
Creating a Materialized View
Viewing Materialized View Data in the Execute SQL Window
Refreshing Materialized View Data
Truncating Materialized View Data
Validating Materialized View Data
Setting a Clustered Index
Recompiling and Enabling a Materialized View
Disabling a Materialized View
Generating Materialized View DDL Commands
Viewing or Modifying Materialized View Properties
Authenticating a Login Account for a Managed Resource
Related reference
Materialized View Privilege Summary