DROP TABLE Statement | Teradata Vantage - DROP Processes for DROP TABLE - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Detailed Topics

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-24
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

When you drop a table, the system frees the disk space used by the dropped table (including any secondary index subtables) and any fallback copy, removes any explicit access privileges on the object, and removes the metadata for the dropped object from the data dictionary.

The data dictionary does not maintain metadata for volatile tables.