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SQL - Drop or Delete Table: Syntax

The SQL DROP TABLE statement is used to permanently delete a table and all of its contents from the database. The syntax is DROP TABLE table_name. As an example, a CUSTOMERS table is verified to exist using the DESC command and is then dropped using DROP TABLE. When DESC is run again, an error message indicates the table no longer exists.

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SQL - Drop or Delete Table: Syntax

The SQL DROP TABLE statement is used to permanently delete a table and all of its contents from the database. The syntax is DROP TABLE table_name. As an example, a CUSTOMERS table is verified to exist using the DESC command and is then dropped using DROP TABLE. When DESC is run again, an error message indicates the table no longer exists.

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T he SQL DRO P T ABLE statement is used to remove a table definition and all data, indexes, trig g ers, constraints, and permission specifications for that table. NO T E: You have to be careful while using this command because once a table is deleted then all the information available in the table would also be lost forever.

Syntax:
Basic syntax of DROP T ABLE statement is as follows:
DROP TABLE table_name;

Example:
Let us first verify CUST OMERS table and then we would delete it from the database:
SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS; +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | ID | int(11) | NO | PRI | | | | NAME | varchar(20) | NO | | | | | AGE | int(11) | NO | | | | | ADDRESS | char(25) | YES | | NULL | | | SALARY | decimal(18,2) | YES | | NULL | | +---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

T his means CUST OMERS table is available in the database, so let us drop it as follows:
SQL> DROP TABLE CUSTOMERS; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

Now, if you would try DESC command, then you would g et error as follows:
SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS; ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'TEST.CUSTOMERS' doesn't exist

Here, T EST is database name which we are using for our examples.

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