Re: Can't drop a view ("view does not exist") that has an entry in "INFORMATION_SCHEMA.views"

Le 17 nov. 2014 22:49, "Klaus Hofeditz ]project-open[" <
klaus(dot)hofeditz(at)project-open(dot)com> a écrit :
>
> 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";