what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE .

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what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE ...

in DROP TABLE command it will remove the table containts as
well as table structure from the database catalog, also it
release all the storage space it has acquired previously.
we can't rollback it as it is a ddl command.

but in case of DELETE TABLE command it just delete all the
records but not relaese the spaces it acquires .it can be
rollback as it is a dml command.

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what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE ...

Answer / durga prasad

drop table deletes the entire structure from the database
and it also removes entry from syscat.tables. but where as
delete table only deletes the rows in the table.

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what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE ...

Answer / santy

DROP TABLe deletes the entire Structure of the TABLE from
the database with all the datas it contain, DELETE TABLE
deletes only the rows of the TABLE.

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what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE ...

Answer / siri

Drop : Drop table command it will remove table structure of the data base.....we can't rollback...
SYNTAX :- DROP TABLE TABLE-NAME..

DELETE : Delete table command it will delete rows from the table...for example i want delete empname in employee table i will write the query is.....
SYNTAX :- DELETE EMPNAME FROM EMPLOYEE

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