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.TH "\fBNDB_DROP_TABLE\fR" "1" "09/23/2007" "MySQL 5.1" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
ndb_drop_table \- drop NDB table
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 23
\fBndb_drop_table \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBndb_drop_table\fR
drops the specified
NDB
table. (If you try to use this on a table created with a storage engine other than NDB, it fails with the error
723: No such table exists.) This operation is extremely fast \(em in some cases, it can be an order of magnitude faster than using
DROP TABLE
on an
NDB
table from MySQL.
.PP
\fBUsage\fR:
.sp
.RS 3n
.nf
ndb_drop_table \-c \fIconnect_string\fR \fItbl_name\fR \-d \fIdb_name\fR
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBAdditional Options\fR: None.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
Copyright 2007 MySQL AB
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110\-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.PP
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<docs@mysql.com>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).