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DROP FILE

DROP FILE

You can execute the DROP FILE statement to delete a file. When you use this statement to delete a file, the file is deleted both in frontend (FE) memory and in Berkeley DB Java Edition (BDBJE).

Syntax

DROP FILE "file_name" [FROM database]
[properties]

Parameters

Parameter

Required

Description

file_name

Yes

The name of the file.

database

No

The database to which a file belongs.

properties

Yes

The properties of the file. The following table describes the configuration items of properties.

Configuration items of properties

Configuration items

Required

Description

catalog

Yes

The category to which a file belongs.

Examples

Delete a file named ca.pem.

DROP FILE "ca.pem" properties("catalog" = "kafka");