pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropDatabase

Catalog.dropDatabase(dbName, ifExists=False, cascade=False)

Drops a namespace.

New in version 4.2.0.

Parameters

dbNamestr

Name of the namespace to drop. May be qualified with catalog name.

ifExistsbool, optional

If True, do not fail when the namespace does not exist.

cascadebool, optional

If True, also drop tables and functions in the namespace.

Examples

>>> spark.catalog.dropDatabase("db_drop_doc", ifExists=True, cascade=True)
>>> spark.catalog.createDatabase("db_drop_doc")
>>> spark.catalog.dropDatabase("db_drop_doc", cascade=True)
>>> spark.catalog.databaseExists("db_drop_doc")
False