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, though this behavior is be prevented by default via gpudb.conf parameter 'disable_clear_all'. The default value is ''.
authorization	string	No longer used. User can pass an empty string. The default value is ''.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description no_error_if_not_exists If true and if the table specified in input parameter table_name does not exist no error is returned. If false and if the table specified in input parameter table_name does not exist then an error is returned. The supported values are: true false

Output Parameter Description

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.