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DROP TABLE Command

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Removes a table from the database specified with the data source and deletes it from disk.

The Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver supports the native Visual FoxPro language syntax for this command. For driver-specific information, see the Remarks.

Syntax

  
DROP TABLE TableName | FileName | ?

Settings

TableName
Specifies the table to remove from the database specified with the data source and to delete from disk.

FileName
Specifies a free table to delete from disk.

?
Displays the Remove dialog from which you can choose a table to remove from the database specified with the data source and to delete from disk.

Remarks

When DROP TABLE is issued, all primary indexes, default values, and validation rules associated with the table are also removed. DROP TABLE also affects other tables in the database specified with the data source if those tables have rules or relations associated with the table being removed. The rules and relations are no longer valid when the table is removed from the database.

Driver Remarks

When your application sends the ODBC SQL statement DROP TABLE to the data source, the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver converts the command into the Visual FoxProDROP TABLE command using the syntax shown in the following table.

ODBC syntax Data source Visual FoxPro syntax
DROP TABLE base-table-name Database (.dbc file) REMOVE TABLE TableName DELETE
Directory of free tables (.dbf files) ERASE dbfName

ERASE cdxName

ERASE fptName