/clear/table

URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/clear/table

Clears (drops) one or all tables in the database cluster. The operation is synchronous meaning that the table will be cleared before the function returns. The response payload returns the status of the operation along with the name of the table that was cleared.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Name of the table to be cleared. Must be an existing table. Empty string clears all available tables. Default value is ''.
authorization	string	No longer used. User can pass an empty string. Default value is ''.
options	map of strings	Optional parameters. Default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Output Parameter Description

The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

Name	Type	Description
status	String	'OK' or 'ERROR'
message	String	Empty if success or an error message
data_type	String	'clear_table_request' or 'none' in case of an error
data	String	Empty string
data_str	JSON or String	This embedded JSON represents the result of the /clear/table endpoint: Name Type Description table_name string Value of input parameter table_name for a given table, or 'ALL CLEARED' in case of clearing all tables. Empty string in case of an error.