Table.Drop Method

Removes the table from the database.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Drop
'Usage
Dim instance As Table

instance.Drop()

public void Drop()

public:
virtual void Drop() sealed

abstract Drop : unit -> unit  
override Drop : unit -> unit

public final function Drop()

Implements

IDroppable.Drop()

Examples

The following code example shows how to create, and then drop a table.

C#

Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Database db = srv.Databases["AdventureWorks2012"];

Table tb = new Table(db, "Test Table");
Column col1 = new Column(tb, "Name", DataType.NChar(50));
Column col2 = new Column(tb, "ID", DataType.Int);

tb.Columns.Add(col1); 
tb.Columns.Add(col2); 
tb.Create();
tb.Drop();

Powershell

#Connect to the local server and get the AdventureWorks2012 database
$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

#Create the Table
$tb = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table($db, "Test Table")
$col1 = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Column($tb, "Name", [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataType]::NChar(50))
$col2 = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Column($tb, "ID", [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataType]::Int)
$tb.Columns.Add($col1)
$tb.Columns.Add($col2)
$tb.Create()
$tb.Drop()

See Also

Reference

Table Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Tables

DROP TABLE (Transact-SQL)