Tablestore:Delete a data table

Usage notes

• If the data table has a search index, delete the search index before deleting the data table.

• If the data table has secondary indexes, they are automatically deleted when you delete the data table.

• Deleted data tables and their secondary indexes cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

Prerequisites

A client is initialized. For more information, see Initialize a Tablestore client.

Method description

Synchronous method:

public DeleteTableResponse DeleteTable(DeleteTableRequest request)

Asynchronous method:

public Task<DeleteTableResponse> DeleteTableAsync(DeleteTableRequest request)

Sample code

The following example deletes a data table named test_table.

try
{
    DeleteTableRequest request = new DeleteTableRequest("test_table");
    client.DeleteTable(request);
    Console.WriteLine("Delete table succeeded.");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Delete table failed, exception:{ex.Message}");
}