spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-drop-view.md
Huaxin Gao a75dc80a76 [SPARK-31636][SQL][DOCS] Remove HTML syntax in SQL reference
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?
Remove the unneeded embedded inline HTML markup by using the basic markdown syntax.
Please see #28414

### Why are the changes needed?
Make the doc cleaner and easily editable by MD editors.

### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No

### How was this patch tested?
Manually build and check

Closes #28451 from huaxingao/html_cleanup.

Authored-by: Huaxin Gao <huaxing@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <srowen@gmail.com>
2020-05-10 12:57:25 -05:00

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Description

DROP VIEW removes the metadata associated with a specified view from the catalog.

Syntax

DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] view_identifier

Parameter

  • IF EXISTS

    If specified, no exception is thrown when the view does not exist.

  • view_identifier

    Specifies the view name to be dropped. The view name may be optionally qualified with a database name.

    Syntax: [ database_name. ] view_name

Examples

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

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` exists in the `userdb` database
DROP VIEW userdb.employeeView;

-- Assumes a view named `employeeView` does not exist.
-- Throws exception
DROP VIEW employeeView;
Error: org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Table or view not found: employeeView;
(state=,code=0)

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