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HIVE DROP TABLE Statement

The DROP TABLE statement is used to drop an existing HIVE table.


Syntax:


DROP TABLE <tablename>



DROP TABLE Example

The following HIVE statement deletes a table called "Employee":


DROP TABLE Employee;


Note : For an external table the data won't be removed. However the table will be deleted.