dropTable

Drops an existing table from your database.

Run dropTable

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

  1. Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
  2. Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
  3. Deploy your changeset by running the update command:
    4. liquibase update

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

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropTable-example
DROP  TABLE  cat.person;
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"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}
<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>

Database support

Database Notes Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW Supported No
DB2/z Supported No
Derby Supported No
Firebird Supported No
Google BigQuery 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