drop

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drop(name: str = "", 
     raise_error: bool = False,
     method: str = "auto",)

Drops the input relation (It can be a Model, a View, a Table, a Text Index, a Schema or a Geo Index).

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description
name
str
✓
 Relation name. If empty, it will drop all VerticaPy temporary elements.
raise_error
bool
✓
 If the model couldn't be dropped, raises the entire error instead of displaying a warning.
method / relation_type
str
✓
 Method used to drop.
  • auto : Identifies the table/view/index/model to drop. It will never drop an entire schema except if the method is set to 'schema'.
  • model : drops the input model.
  • table : drops the input table.
  • view : drops the input view.
  • geo : drops the input geo index.
  • text : drops the input text index.
  • schema : drops the input schema.

Returns

bool : True if the relation was dropped, False otherwise.

Example

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from verticapy.utilities import drop
drop(name = "public.model_example")
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True