Drop Table

Syntax#

DROP TABLE table_name;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name; — to avoid pesky error in automated script
DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3; — DROP multiple tables
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE t; — DROP a table from CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE …

Parameters#

Parameters	Details
TEMPORARY	Optional. It specifies that only temporary tables should be dropped by the DROP TABLE statement.
IF EXISTS	Optional. If specified, the DROP TABLE statement will not raise an error if one of the tables does not exist.

Drop Table

Drop Table is used to delete the table from database.

Creating Table:

Creating a table named tbl and then deleting the created table

CREATE TABLE tbl(
    id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    title VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    author VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
    submission_date DATE,
    PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

Dropping Table:

DROP TABLE tbl;

PLEASE NOTE

Dropping table will completely delete the table from the database and all its information, and it will not be recovered.

Drop tables from database

DROP TABLE Database.table_name