diff --git a/.project b/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>RefreshAllMaterializedViews</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/RefreshAllMaterializedViews.sql b/RefreshAllMaterializedViews.sql
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+--
+-- function to refresh all materialized views in a schema
+--
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION RefreshAllMaterializedViews(schema_arg TEXT DEFAULT 'public')
+RETURNS INT AS $$
+	DECLARE
+		r RECORD;
+	BEGIN
+		RAISE NOTICE 'Refreshing materialized view in schema %', schema_arg;
+		FOR r IN SELECT matviewname FROM pg_matviews WHERE schemaname = schema_arg 
+		LOOP
+			RAISE NOTICE 'Refreshing %.%', schema_arg, r.matviewname;
+			EXECUTE 'REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW ' || schema_arg || '.' || r.matviewname; 
+		END LOOP;
+		
+		RETURN 1;
+	END 
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;