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# dropDatasink

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.dropDatasink </td>
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                <td className="paramtype"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest">DropDatasinkRequest</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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">TRUE</a>.</p>

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        <div className="dd">Response object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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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#L33070">33070</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>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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">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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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a92f9e05e01247a91aa22cfa3ab06b14d">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a92f9e05e01247a91aa22cfa3ab06b14d">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#L33144">33144</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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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropDatasinkAsync </td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a>. </p>
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      <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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">TRUE</a>.</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#L33093">33093</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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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkResponse">DropDatasinkResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropDatasinkAsync </td>
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      <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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a> is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">TRUE</a>.</p>

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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a527510426823469e3ccb1419aba98db8">CLEAR\_TABLE\_MONITORS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">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/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a2ac83168106aa2cb6ab0c3ee938018c6">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a92f9e05e01247a91aa22cfa3ab06b14d">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropDatasinkRequest_1_1Options#a92f9e05e01247a91aa22cfa3ab06b14d">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#L33195">33195</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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