Deleting a Table from Database

Imagine a situation where we need to delete a table from the database. We can do it very easily by using the commands in the MySQL database.

Deleting a Table from Database

Deleting a Table from Database

     

Imagine a situation where we need to delete a table from the database. We can do it very easily by using the commands in the MySQL database. But how we can delete the table using java methods and API. In this section we are describing, how to delete a table from database using java methods. Java provides the facility for deleting a specific table from a given database with the help of some specified methods. See detailed information given below:

Description of program:

Create a class DeleteTable inside which, firstly establishes the connection with MySQL database. After establishing the connection we will delete a table from specific database. If the table which we want to delete get deletes then we will print the message "Table Deletion process is completely successfully!", otherwise it will display " Table is not exists!".

Description of code:

DROP TABLE table_name:
Above code is used for deleting any table from a given database.

Here is the code of program:

import java.sql.*;

public class DeleteTable{
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  System.out.println("Tabel Deletion Example");
  Connection con = null;
  String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
  String dbName = "jdbctutorial";
  String driverName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
  String userName = "root";
  String password = "root";
  try{
  Class.forName(driverName).newInstance();
  con = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName, userName, password);
  try{
  Statement st = con.createStatement();
  st.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE Employee1");
  System.out.println ("Table Deletion process is completly successfully!");
  }
  catch(SQLException s){
  System.out.println("Table is not exists!");
  }
  con.close();
  }
  catch (Exception e){
  e.printStackTrace();
  }
  }
} 

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Tutorials

  1. Mapping MySQL Data Types in Java
  2. Connecting to a MySQL Database in Java
  3. Creating a Database in MySQL
  4. Creating a Database Table
  5. Creating a MySQL Database Table to store Java Types
  6. Description of Database Table
  7. Deleting a Table from Database
  8. Retrieving Tables from a Database
  9. Inserting values in MySQL database table
  10. Retrieving All Rows from a Database Table
  11. Adding a New Column Name in Database Table
  12. Change Column Name of a Table
  13. Make Unique Column in Database Table
  14. Remove Unique Column in Database Table
  15. Arrange a Column of Database Table
  16. Arrange a Column of Database Table
  17. Sum of Column in a Database Table
  18. Deleting All Rows from a Database Table
  19. Delete a Specific Row from a Database Table
  20. Delete a Column from a Database Table
  21. Join tables in the specific database
  22. Join tables with the NATURAL LEFT JOIN operation
  23. Join tables with the NATURAL RIGHT JOIN operation
  24. Cross Join Tables in a Specific Database
  25. Prepared Statement Set Object
  26. Statement Batch Update
  27. Prepared Statement With Batch Update
  28. Select Records Using Prepared Statement
  29. Update Records using Prepared Statement
  30. Inserting Records using the Prepared Statement
  31. Count Records using the Prepared Statement
  32. Deleting Records using the Prepared Statement
  33. Using the Prepared Statement Twice
  34. Set Data Types by using Prepared Statement
  35. Set byte, short and long data types by using the Prepared Statement
  36. Prepared Statement Set Big Decimal
  37. Set Date by using the Prepared Statement
  38. Set Time by using the Prepared Statement
  39. Set Timestamp by using the Prepared Statement
  40. Copy Table in a MySQL Database