DESIGNER_DROP_DESIGN

Removes the schema associated with the specified design and all its contents.

Removes the schema associated with the specified design and all its contents. Use DESIGNER_DROP_DESIGN after a Database Designer design or deployment completes successfully. You must also use it to drop a design before creating another one under the same name.

To drop all designs that you created, use DESIGNER_DROP_ALL_DESIGNS.

This is a meta-function. You must call meta-functions in a top-level SELECT statement.

Behavior type

Volatile

Syntax

DESIGNER_DROP_DESIGN ( 'design-name' [, force-drop ] )

Parameters

design-name
Name of the design to drop.
force-drop
Boolean that overrides any dependencies that otherwise prevent OpenText™ Analytics Database from executing this function—for example, the design is in use or is currently being deployed. If you omit this parameter, the database sets it to false.

Privileges

Non-superuser: design creator

Examples

The following example deletes the Database Designer design VMART_DESIGN and all its contents:

=> SELECT DESIGNER_DROP_DESIGN ('VMART_DESIGN');

See also

Running Database Designer programmatically