Drop an index (Java)
Deletes an index from a table in a database.
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Result
Deletes the specified index.
Does not return anything.
Parameters
Use the dropTableIndex method, which belongs to the com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database class.
Method signature
void dropTableIndex(String indexName)void dropTableIndex(
String indexName,
DropTableIndexOptions dropIndexOptions
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Name of the index to drop |
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The options for this operation. See Methods of the |
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Optional. Whether the command should silently succeed even if an index with the given name does not exist in the keyspace and no index was dropped. Default: false |
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Optional. The keyspace where you created the index. Default: The working keyspace for the database.
This is |
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Optional. The timeout(s) to apply to HTTP request(s) originating from this method. |
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how to drop an index from a table.
Drop an index
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Get a database
Database database = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN").getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT");
// Drop an index
database.dropTableIndex("INDEX_NAME");
}
}Drop an index only if the index exists
Use this option to silently do nothing if an index with the specified name does not exist.
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;
import com.datastax.astra.client.tables.commands.options.DropTableIndexOptions;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Get a database
Database database = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN").getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT");
// Drop an index
DropTableIndexOptions options = new DropTableIndexOptions().ifExists(true);
database.dropTableIndex("INDEX_NAME", options);
}
}Client reference
For more information, see the client reference.
