SQL, how to delete data and tables
How to delete data from a SQL database table, and how to delete the table
To remove data from a table, use the DELETE FROM command.
This deletes all rows:
DELETE FROM people;
You can use the WHERE clause to only remove specific rows:
DELETE FROM people WHERE name='Flavio';
To delete a table instead of the data inside the table, use the DROP TABLE command:
DROP TABLE people;
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