CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW 7 SQL - Language Statements CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW define a new materialized view CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW table_name [ (column_name [, ...] ) ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] AS query [ WITH [ NO ] DATA ] CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW defines a materialized view of a query. The query is executed and used to populate the view at the time the command is issued (unless WITH NO DATA is used) and may be refreshed later using REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW. CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW is similar to CREATE TABLE AS, except that it also remembers the query used to initialize the view, so that it can be refreshed later upon demand. A materialized view has many of the same properties as a table, but there is no support for temporary materialized views or automatic generation of OIDs. table_name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the materialized view to be created. column_name The name of a column in the new materialized view. If column names are not provided, they are taken from the output column names of the query. WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) This clause specifies optional storage parameters for the new materialized view; see for more information. All parameters supported for CREATE TABLE are also supported for CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW with the exception of OIDS. See for more information. TABLESPACE tablespace_name The tablespace_name is the name of the tablespace in which the new materialized view is to be created. If not specified, is consulted. query A , TABLE, or command. This query will run within a security-restricted operation; in particular, calls to functions that themselves create temporary tables will fail. WITH [ NO ] DATA This clause specifies whether or not the materialized view should be populated at creation time. If not, the materialized view will be flagged as unscannable and cannot be queried until REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW is used. CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW is a PostgreSQL extension.