ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW

The ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW command modifies the definition of a materialized view. To use this command, you must own the materialized view.

Syntax

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view_name 
    alter_option;

alter_option depends on the operation you want to perform on the materialized view. For all supported clauses, see the sections below.

Clause

OWNER TO

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view_name
    OWNER TO new_user;

Parameter or clause	Description
OWNER TO	This clause changes the owner of the materialized view. Note that this will cascadingly change all related internal objects as well.
new_user	The new owner you want to assign to the materialized view.

-- Change the owner of the materialized view named "materialized_view1" to user "user1"
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view1 OWNER TO user1;

SET SCHEMA

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view_name
    SET SCHEMA schema_name;

Parameter or clause	Description
SET SCHEMA	This clause moves the materialized view to a different schema.
schema_name	The name of the schema to which the materialized view will be moved.

-- Move the materialized view named "test_materialized_view" to the schema named "test_schema"
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW test_materialized_view SET SCHEMA test_schema;

RENAME TO

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view_name
    RENAME TO new_name;

Parameter or clause	Description
RENAME TO	This clause changes the name of the materialized view.
new_name	The new name of the materialized view.

-- Change the name of the materialized view named "mv_1" to "mv_2"
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW mv_1 RENAME TO mv_2;