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DROP TABLE

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

This statement is used to drop an TABLE from the database catalog.

// Drop a table
create.dropTable("table").execute();

CASCADE

It is possible to supply a CASCADE or RESTRICT clause, explicitly

// Specify the CASCADE / RESTRICT clauses explicitly
create.dropTable("table").cascade().execute();
create.dropTable("table").restrict().execute();

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

dropTable("t")

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

-- All dialects
DROP TABLE t

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.19, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

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