Purpose

Use the DROP ANALYTIC VIEW statement to drop an analytic view. An ANALYTIC VIEW object is a component of analytic views.

Prerequisites

To drop an analytic view in your own schema, you must have the DROP ANALYTIC VIEW system privilege. To drop an analytic view in another user's schema, you must have the DROP ANY ANALYTIC VIEW system privilege.

Syntax

drop_analytic_view::=

Description of the illustration drop_analytic_view.eps

Semantics

schema

Specify the schema in which the analytic view exists. If you do not specify a schema, then Oracle Database looks for the analytic view in your own schema.

analytic_view_name

Specify the name of the analytic view to drop.

Example

The following statement drops the specified analytic view object:

DROP ANALYTIC VIEW sales_av;