[ACCEPTED]-How to delete table or view from PostgreSQL database?-plpgsql

Accepted answer

Score: 15

DROP TABLE user_statistics;

DROP VIEW user_statistics;

complete syntax:

DROP TABLE

DROP VIEW

And if you want a complete 1 function, i tried something like this:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION delete_table_or_view(objectName varchar) RETURNS integer AS $$
DECLARE
    isTable integer;
    isView integer;
BEGIN
    SELECT INTO isTable count(*) FROM pg_tables where tablename=objectName;
    SELECT INTO isView count(*) FROM pg_views where viewname=objectName;

    IF isTable = 1 THEN
        execute 'DROP TABLE ' || objectName;
        RETURN 1;
    END IF;

    IF isView = 1 THEN
        execute 'DROP VIEW ' || objectName;
        RETURN 2;
    END IF;

    RETURN 0;

END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Source: stackoverflow.com