dropTable

Drops an existing table from your database.

Available attributes

Name Description Required for Supports Since
cascadeConstraints

Boolean. Adds the CASCADE CONSTRAINTS SQL to the statement

all
catalogName

Name of the catalog

all 3.0
schemaName

Name of the schema

all
tableName

Name of the table to drop

all all

Examples

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="dropTable-example">
        <dropTable  cascadeConstraints="true"
            catalogName="cat"
            schemaName="public"
            tableName="person"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>
databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  dropTable-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  dropTable:
        cascadeConstraints:  true
        catalogName:  cat
        schemaName:  public
        tableName:  person
{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "dropTable-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "dropTable": {
                            "cascadeConstraints": true,
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "tableName": "person"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}
--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropTable-example
DROP  TABLE  cat.person;

Database support

Database Notes Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW Supported No
DB2/z Supported No
Derby Supported No
Firebird Supported No
H2 Supported No
HyperSQL Supported No
INGRES Supported No
Informix Supported No
MariaDB Supported No
MySQL Supported No
Oracle Supported No
PostgreSQL Supported No
Snowflake Supported No
SQL Server Supported No
SQLite Supported No
Sybase Supported No
Sybase Anywhere Supported No