MySQL Tutorial/Table/Drop Table

Dropping Tables

To delete an existing table, type

DROP tablename;

To remove the whole table

mysql>
mysql> show tables;
Empty set (0.05 sec)
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE Employee(
    ->     id            int,
    ->     first_name    VARCHAR(15),
    ->     last_name     VARCHAR(15),
    ->     start_date    DATE,
    ->     end_date      DATE,
    ->     salary        FLOAT(8,2),
    ->     city          VARCHAR(10),
    ->     description   VARCHAR(15)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
mysql>
mysql> show tables;
+----------------+
| Tables_in_test |
+----------------+
| employee       |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> DROP TABLE employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>
mysql> show tables;
Empty set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>