January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
16h 39m
English
Removes a table from a database.
DROP TABLE name [, ...]nameThe name of an existing table you intend to drop. You may drop multiple tables by specifying their names in a comma-delimited list.
DROPThe message returned when a table is dropped successfully.
ERROR: table "name" does not exist!The error returned if the specified table or view name does not exist in the database.
DROP TABLE removes tables from the database. You must be the owner of
the table, or a superuser, in order to drop it.
To empty a table (as opposed to completely deleting it), use either the TRUNCATE or DELETE command.
Deleting a table also destroys any indices that were placed on that table.
The following command permanently removes the employees table from the
booktown database:
booktown=# DROP TABLE employees;
DROP