DROP TABLE

Immediately and irreversibly removes a table, including all data contained in the table.

You must drop all materialized views based on the table before dropping the table. If any materialized views are based on the table, DROP TABLE fails with the following error message:

InvalidRequest: Error from server: code=2200 [Invalid query] message=
"Cannot drop table when materialized views still depend on it"

Synopsis

DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] [<keyspace_name>.]<table_name>;

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Syntax conventions	Description
UPPERCASE	Literal keyword.
Lowercase	Not literal.
`< >`	Variable value. Replace with a user-defined value.
`[]`	Optional. Square brackets (`[]`) surround optional command arguments. Do not type the square brackets.
`( )`	Group. Parentheses ( `( )` ) identify a group to choose from. Do not type the parentheses.
`\|`	Or. A vertical bar (`\|`) separates alternative elements. Type any one of the elements. Do not type the vertical bar.
`...`	Repeatable. An ellipsis ( `...` ) indicates that you can repeat the syntax element as often as required.
`'<Literal string>'`	Single quotation (`'`) marks must surround literal strings in CQL statements. Use single quotation marks to preserve upper case.
`{ <key> : <value> }`	Map collection. Braces (`{ }`) enclose map collections or key value pairs. A colon separates the key and the value.
`<<datatype1>,<datatype2>>`	Set, list, map, or tuple. Angle brackets ( `< >` ) enclose data types in a set, list, map, or tuple. Separate the data types with a comma.
`<cql_statement>;`	End CQL statement. A semicolon (`;`) terminates all CQL statements.
`[--]`	Separate the command line options from the command arguments with two hyphens ( `--` ). This syntax is useful when arguments might be mistaken for command line options.
`' <<schema\> ... </schema\>> '`	Search CQL only: Single quotation marks (`'`) surround an entire XML schema declaration.
`@<xml_entity>='<xml_entity_type>'`	Search CQL only: Identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and solrConfig files.

Options

IF EXISTS: Optional. Drop the table if it exists, or silently do nothing if the named table doesn’t exist in the keyspace. Otherwise, an error is returned if the table doesn’t exist.
keyspace_name: Optional. Name of the keyspace containing the table to drop. If not specified, the current keyspace is used.
table_name: Name of the table to drop.

On Linux systems, object names, such as keyspace and table names, are case-sensitive. CQL converts object names to lowercase unless enclosed in double quotation marks.

Example

Drop the cyclist_name table in the cycling keyspace:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS cycling.cyclist_name;

DROP TABLE

Synopsis

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