DROP KEYSPACE

Remove the keyspace.

Remove the keyspace.

Synopsis

DROP  KEYSPACE | SCHEMA  IF EXISTS keyspace_name
Table 1. Legend
  • Uppercase means literal
  • Lowercase means not literal
  • Italics mean optional
  • The pipe (|) symbol means OR or AND/OR
  • Ellipsis (...) means repeatable

A semicolon that terminates CQL statements is not included in the synopsis.

Description

A DROP KEYSPACE statement results in the immediate, irreversible removal of a keyspace, including all tables and data contained in the keyspace. You can also use the alias DROP SCHEMA. If the keyspace does not exists, the statement will return an error unless IF EXISTS is used, in which case the operation is a no-op.

Apache Cassandra™ takes a snapshot of the keyspace before dropping it.

Example

DROP KEYSPACE MyTwitterClone;