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# dropCatalog

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        <h3>dropCatalog</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DropCatalogResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">dropCatalog</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DropCatalogRequest</a> request)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">Drops an existing catalog. Any external tables that depend on the catalog must be dropped before it can be dropped.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>request</code> - <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Request</code></a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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        <h3>dropCatalog</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">DropCatalogResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">dropCatalog</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a> name, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link">Map</a>\<<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>,<wbr /><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>> options)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">Drops an existing catalog. Any external tables that depend on the catalog must be dropped before it can be dropped.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>name</code> - Name of the catalog to be dropped. Must be an existing catalog.</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>options</code> - Optional parameters. The default value is an empty <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link"><code>Map</code></a>.</div>
          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/DropCatalogResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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