DROP CATALOG#
Synopsis#
DROP CATALOG catalog_name
Description#
Drops an existing catalog. Dropping a catalog does not interrupt any running queries that use it, but makes it unavailable to any new queries.
Note
The DROP CATALOG SQL statement is available as a public preview in Starburst Enterprise. Contact Starburst
Support with questions or feedback.
Warning
Some connectors are known not to release all resources when dropping a catalog that uses such connector. This includes all connectors that can read data from HDFS, S3, GCS, or Azure, which are Hive connector, Iceberg connector, Delta Lake connector, and Hudi connector.
Note
This command requires the catalog management type
to be set to dynamic.
Examples#
Drop the catalog example:
DROP CATALOG example;
