R: Remove a table from the database

dbRemoveTable,SQLiteConnection,character-method {RSQLite} | R Documentation

## Remove a table from the database

### Description

Executes the SQL `DROP TABLE`.

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'SQLiteConnection,character'
    dbRemoveTable(conn, name, ...)

### Arguments

`conn` | An existing `SQLiteConnection`
`name` | character vector of length 1 giving name of table to remove
`...` | Needed for compatibility with generic. Otherwise ignored.

### See Also

The corresponding generic function `DBI::dbRemoveTable()`.

### Examples

    library(DBI)
    con <- dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite())
    dbWriteTable(con, "test", data.frame(a = 1))
    dbListTables(con)
    dbRemoveTable(con, "test")
    dbListTables(con)
    dbDisconnect(con)

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