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# dropDatasink

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::dropDatasink </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkRequest">DropDatasinkRequest</a> &</td>
          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">request\_</span></span></td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a>. </p>
      <p>By default, if any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors" target="_top">table monitors</a> use this sink as a destination, the request will be blocked unless option <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">clear\_table\_monitors</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramname">request\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> & gpudb::GPUdb::dropDatasink </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkRequest">DropDatasinkRequest</a> &</td>
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          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">response\_</span></span> ) const</td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a>. </p>
      <p>By default, if any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors" target="_top">table monitors</a> use this sink as a destination, the request will be blocked unless option <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">clear\_table\_monitors</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>.</p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::string &</td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a>. </p>
      <p>By default, if any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors" target="_top">table monitors</a> use this sink as a destination, the request will be blocked unless option <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">clear\_table\_monitors</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>.</p>

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              <td className="paramname">name</td>
              <td>Name of the data sink to be dropped. Must be an existing data sink. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li>
                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">drop\_datasink\_clear\_table\_monitors</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>, any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors/" target="_top">table monitors</a> that use this data sink will be cleared. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">drop\_datasink\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a56149c6b2cbeee7126252eea80d1eec1">drop\_datasink\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a56149c6b2cbeee7126252eea80d1eec1">drop\_datasink\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="paramtype"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> &</td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a>. </p>
      <p>By default, if any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors" target="_top">table monitors</a> use this sink as a destination, the request will be blocked unless option <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">clear\_table\_monitors</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>.</p>

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              <td>Name of the data sink to be dropped. Must be an existing data sink. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li>
                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a006aaa5a6920d6d800c0b359acbc8186">drop\_datasink\_clear\_table\_monitors</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">true</a>, any <a href="/content/concepts/table_monitors/" target="_top">table monitors</a> that use this data sink will be cleared. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ab3796448d7c9c059f60333507efdb713">drop\_datasink\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a56149c6b2cbeee7126252eea80d1eec1">drop\_datasink\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a56149c6b2cbeee7126252eea80d1eec1">drop\_datasink\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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              <td className="paramname">response\_</td>
              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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