dilipbiswal commented on a change in pull request #25533:
[SPARK-28798][DOC][SQL]Document DROP TABLE/VIEW statement in SQL Reference.
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25533#discussion_r323598753
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File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-drop-table.md
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limitations under the License.
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-**This page is under construction**
+### Description
+
+Deletes the table and removes the directory associated with this table from
the file system
+if this is not `EXTERNAL` table. If the table is not present it throws
exception.
+
+In case of External table it only deletes the metadata from metastore database
and it will not remove the directory
+associated with this table.
+
+### Syntax
+{% highlight sql %}
+DROP TABLE [IF EXISTS] [database_name.]table_name
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Parameter
+<dl>
+ <dt><code><em>IF EXISTS</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ If specified, no exception is thrown when the table does not exist.
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code><em>database_name</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Database name where table is present.
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code><em>table_name</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ table name to be dropped.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+### Example
+{% highlight sql %}
+-- Assumes a table name `employeetable` exist.
+DROP TABLE employeetable;
++---------+--+
+| Result |
Review comment:
Can you please double check this ? The format looks a bit odd. Please check
the rest of
the output please.
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