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# clearTables

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1ClearTablesResponse">ClearTablesResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.clearTables </td>
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      <p>Clears (drops) tables in the database cluster. </p>
      <p>The operation is synchronous meaning that the tables will be cleared before the function returns. The response payload returns the status of the operation for each table requested.</p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16579">16579</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Clears (drops) tables in the database cluster. </p>
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              <td>Names of the tables to be cleared, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard <a href="/content/concepts/tables/#table-name-resolution" target="_top">name resolution rules</a>. Must be existing tables. Empty list clears all available tables, though this behavior is be prevented by default via gpudb.conf parameter 'disable\_clear\_all'. The default value is an empty List.</td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a543c7766916ce96c411f8a1f41025274">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#ae3666fd4525abf50702f02dc2ca744e1">TRUE</a> and if a table specified in <span className="em">table\_names</span> does not exist no error is returned. If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a> and if a table specified in <span className="em">table\_names</span> does not exist then an error is returned. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#ae3666fd4525abf50702f02dc2ca744e1">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16654">16654</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Clears (drops) tables in the database cluster. </p>
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      <p>The operation is synchronous meaning that the tables will be cleared before the function returns. The response payload returns the status of the operation for each table requested.</p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16599">16599</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Clears (drops) tables in the database cluster. </p>
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              <td>Names of the tables to be cleared, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard <a href="/content/concepts/tables/#table-name-resolution" target="_top">name resolution rules</a>. Must be existing tables. Empty list clears all available tables, though this behavior is be prevented by default via gpudb.conf parameter 'disable\_clear\_all'. The default value is an empty List.</td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a543c7766916ce96c411f8a1f41025274">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#ae3666fd4525abf50702f02dc2ca744e1">TRUE</a> and if a table specified in <span className="em">table\_names</span> does not exist no error is returned. If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a> and if a table specified in <span className="em">table\_names</span> does not exist then an error is returned. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ClearTablesRequest_1_1Options#a7eb3d700ddbf3e1b59d55fd496dd8f44">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16710">16710</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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