srowen 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_r340273815
########## File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-drop-table.md ########## @@ -19,4 +19,69 @@ license: | limitations under the License. --- -**This page is under construction** +### Description + +`DROP TABLE` 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 an exception. + +In case of an external table, only the associated metadata information are removed from the metastore database. Review comment: are -> is ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
