Removes a table from a database.
DROP TABLE name [, ...]
name
The name of an existing table you intend to drop. You may drop multiple tables by
specifying their names in a comma-delimited list.
DROP
The 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.
Note
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
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