Drop a Table

The drop table command is used to delete a table and all rows in the table.

To delete an entire table including all of its rows, issue the drop table command followed by the tablename. drop table is different from deleting all of the records in the table. Deleting all of the records in the table leaves the table including column and constraint information. Dropping the table removes the table definition as well as all of its rows.

drop table "tablename"

Example:

drop table myemployees;

Drop Table exercises

1. Drop your employee table.

Results will be displayed here

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If you’ve mastered the techniques discussed in this course, you may be ready to proceed to our Advanced Course!