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# dropDatasource

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasourceResponse">DropDatasourceResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.dropDatasource </td>
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                <td className="paramtype"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasourceRequest">DropDatasourceRequest</a></td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sources/" target="_top">data source</a>. </p>
      <p>Any external tables that depend on the data source must be dropped before it can be dropped.</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#L33211">33211</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"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropDatasourceResponse">DropDatasourceResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.dropDatasource </td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sources/" target="_top">data source</a>. </p>
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              <td>Name of the data source to be dropped. Must be an existing data source.</td>
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              <td>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty Dictionary.</td>
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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#L33248">33248</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_1DropDatasourceResponse">DropDatasourceResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropDatasourceAsync </td>
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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#L33229">33229</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_1DropDatasourceResponse">DropDatasourceResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropDatasourceAsync </td>
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      <p>Drops an existing <a href="/content/concepts/data_sources/" target="_top">data source</a>. </p>
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      <p>Any external tables that depend on the data source must be dropped before it can be dropped.</p>

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              <td className="paramname">name</td>
              <td>Name of the data source to be dropped. Must be an existing data source.</td>
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              <td className="paramname">options</td>
              <td>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty Dictionary.</td>
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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#L33267">33267</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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