Teradata Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake - db_drop_table - Teradata Package for Python - Look here for syntax, methods and examples for the functions included in the Teradata Package for Python.
Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- Edition
- Lake
- Product
- Teradata Package for Python
- Release Number
- 20.00.00.03
- Published
- December 2024
- ft:locale
- en-US
- ft:lastEdition
- 2024-12-19
- dita:id
- TeradataPython_FxRef_Lake_2000
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage
- teradataml.dbutils.dbutils.db_drop_table = db_drop_table(table_name, schema_name=None)
- DESCRIPTION:
Drops the table from the given schema.
PARAMETERS:
table_name:
Required Argument
Specifies the table name to be dropped.
Types: str
schema_name:
Optional Argument
Specifies schema of the table to be dropped. If schema is not specified, function drops table from the
current database.
Default Value: None
Types: str
RETURNS:
True - if the operation is successful.
RAISES:
TeradataMlException - If the table doesn't exist.
EXAMPLES:
>>> load_example_data("dataframe", "admissions_train")
# Drop table in current database
>>> db_drop_table(table_name = 'admissions_train')
# Drop table from the given schema
>>> db_drop_table(table_name = 'admissions_train', schema_name = 'alice')