Klaus Hofeditz ]project-open[ wrote on 17.11.2014 23:10:
> Hi guys,
> I need to drop a view in order to alter a type of a column: numeric(12,1) ->
numeric(12,2):
>
> ERROR: cannot alter type of a column used by a view or rule DETAIL: rule _RETURN on view
"TransTasksCube" depends on column "billable_units"
>
> Trying to delete it, I get:
>
> projop=# drop view TransTasksCube;
> ERROR: view "transtaskscube" does not exist
>
> FYI: VIEW also shows up in table INFORMATION_SCHEMA.views:
>
> projop=# select table_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.views where table_name
like '%Trans%';
> table_name
> ----------------
> TransTasksCube
> (1 row)
You need double quotes because of the upper case letters:
drop view "TransTasksCube";
Hi Guillaume splendid - tx! ./k
Here is a detailed explanation on why you need this:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS
But in general you should avoid quoted identifiers completely.
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