DROP Statement

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Deletes an existing table from a database or deletes an existing index from a table.

Note The Microsoft Jet database engine doesn’t support the use of DROP, or any of the DDL statements, with non-Microsoft Jet databases. Use the DAO Delete method instead.

Syntax

DROP {TABLE table | INDEX index ON table}

The DROP statement has these parts:

Part Description
table Name of the table to be deleted or the table from which an index is to be deleted.
index Name of the index to be deleted from table.

Remarks

You must close the table before you can delete it or remove an index from it.

You can also use ALTER TABLE to delete an index from a table.

You can use CREATE TABLE to create a table and CREATE INDEX or ALTER TABLE to create an index. To modify a table, use ALTER TABLE.