DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG
Purpose
Use the DROP
MATERIALIZED
VIEW
LOG
statement to remove a materialized view log from the database.
Note:
The keyword SNAPSHOT
is supported in place of MATERIALIZED
VIEW
for backward compatibility.
See Also:
-
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW and ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW for more information on materialized views
-
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG for information on materialized view logs
-
Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide for information on materialized views in a replication environment
-
Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for information on materialized views in a data warehousing environment
Prerequisites
To drop a materialized view log, you must have the privileges needed to drop a table.
See Also:
Syntax
drop_materialized_view_log::=
Semantics
schema
Specify the schema containing the materialized view log and its master table. If you omit schema
, then Oracle Database assumes the materialized view log and master table are in your own schema.
table
Specify the name of the master table associated with the materialized view log to be dropped.
After you drop a materialized view log that was created FOR
FAST
REFRESH
, some materialized views based on the materialized view log master table can no longer be fast refreshed. These materialized views include rowid materialized views, primary key materialized views, and subquery materialized views.
See Also:
Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for a description of these types of materialized views
After you drop a materialized view log that was created FOR
SYNCHRONOUS
REFRESH
(a staging log), the materialized views based on the staging log master table can no longer be synchronous refreshed.
Examples
Dropping a Materialized View Log: Example
The following statement drops the materialized view log on the oe.customers
master table:
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG ON customers;