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Data Lake Formation:DeleteDatabase

Last Updated:Feb 02, 2026

Deletes a database from a catalog.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

dlf:DeleteDatabase

*All Resource

*

None

None

Request syntax

DELETE /api/metastore/catalogs/databases HTTP/1.1

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

CatalogId

string

No

The catalog ID.

1344371

Name

string

No

The database name.

database_test

Cascade

boolean

No

Specifies whether to perform a cascade delete. Valid values:

  • true: Deletes the tables in the database.

  • false: Does not delete the tables in the database. If the database contains tables, the operation fails.

false

Async

boolean

No

Specifies whether to execute the operation asynchronously.

true

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response.

Code

string

The status code of the request.

OK

Message

string

The error message.

.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

73201200-4C1A-4FEF-BD6B-C0DA7994FFA2

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request is successful. Valid values:

  • true

  • false

true

TaskId

string

The ID of the asynchronous task to delete the database.

c38206c3aca0c41332ffe49294243009

Error codes:

  • NoSuchObject: The specified database does not exist.

  • InvalidOperation: The database cannot be deleted because it contains tables or functions.

  • InternalError: An internal error occurred. For more information, see the Message parameter.

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Code": "OK",
  "Message": ".",
  "RequestId": "73201200-4C1A-4FEF-BD6B-C0DA7994FFA2",
  "Success": true,
  "TaskId": "c38206c3aca0c41332ffe49294243009"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.