CREATE TABLE t (i int PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO t SELECT generate_series(1, 100); SELECT create_immv('mv', 'SELECT * FROM t'); NOTICE: created index "mv_index" on immv "mv" create_immv ------------- 100 (1 row) SELECT create_immv(' mv2 ( x ) ', 'SELECT * FROM t WHERE i%2 = 0'); NOTICE: created index "mv2_index" on immv "mv2" create_immv ------------- 50 (1 row) SELECT create_immv('mv3', 'WITH d AS (DELETE FROM t RETURNING NULL) SELECT * FROM t'); ERROR: materialized views must not use data-modifying statements in WITH SELECT immvrelid, get_immv_def(immvrelid) FROM pg_ivm_immv ORDER BY 1; immvrelid | get_immv_def -----------+----------------------- mv | SELECT i + | FROM t mv2 | SELECT i AS x + | FROM t + | WHERE ((i % 2) = 0) (2 rows) DROP TABLE t; ERROR: cannot drop table t because other objects depend on it DETAIL: table mv depends on table t table mv2 depends on table t HINT: Use DROP ... CASCADE to drop the dependent objects too. DROP TABLE mv; SELECT immvrelid, get_immv_def(immvrelid) FROM pg_ivm_immv ORDER BY 1; immvrelid | get_immv_def -----------+----------------------- mv2 | SELECT i AS x + | FROM t + | WHERE ((i % 2) = 0) (1 row) DROP TABLE mv2; SELECT immvrelid, get_immv_def(immvrelid) FROM pg_ivm_immv ORDER BY 1; immvrelid | get_immv_def -----------+-------------- (0 rows) DROP TABLE t;