MOTF Troubleshooting #3 |Teradata MOTF - 2. Drop Operation Fails for MOTF Table - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® Open Table Format for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake User Guide

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2025
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2025-10-25
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Issue: Customer is unable to drop a MOTF table.

Cause: The OTF part of the table has already been dropped.

Resolution: Customer must use the diagnostic FORCEMOTFDROP at the request level to forcefully drop the MOTF table.

Diagnostic FORCEMOTFDROP on for request; Drop Table <MOTF_DBName>.<MOTF_Table_Name>;