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# drop_datasource

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.drop_datasource"> <span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">drop\_datasource</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">name</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">options</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">{"{"}{"}"}</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span><a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-python/blob/master/gpudb/gpudb.py#L27154"><span className="viewcode-link"><span className="pre">\[source]</span></span></a></div>

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      <p>Drops an existing <a className="reference external" href="/content/concepts/data_sources/">data source</a>. Any external tables that depend on the data source must be dropped before it can be dropped.</p>
      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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            <div className="dt">name (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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              <p>Name of the data source to be dropped. Must be an existing data source.</p>
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              <p>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty dict ( {"{"}{"}"} ).</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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          <p>A dict with the following entries–</p>

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            <div className="dt">name (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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              <p>Value of input parameter <span className="em">name</span>.</p>
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              <p>Additional information.</p>
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