Python & MySQL - Drop Table Example

Python uses c.execute(q) function to drop a table where c is cursor and q is the delete query to be executed.

Syntax

# execute SQL query using execute() method.
cursor.execute(sql)

Example

Try the following example to drop a table −

Copy and paste the following example as mysql_example.ty −

#!/usr/bin/python

import MySQLdb

# Open database connection
db = MySQLdb.connect("localhost","root","root@123","TUTORIALS")

# prepare a cursor object using cursor() method
cursor = db.cursor()

# execute SQL query using execute() method.
cursor.execute("Drop Table tutorials_tbl")

print('Table dropped');

# disconnect from server
db.close()

Output

Execute the mysql_example.py script using python and verify the output.

Table dropped