table delete

Deletes a MapR Database binary or JSON table.

Permissions Required

To run this command, your user ID must have the following permissions:

NOTE The mapr user is not treated as a superuser. MapR Database does not allow the mapr user to run this command unless that user is given the relevant permission or permissions with access-control expressions.

Syntax

CLI 
maprcli table delete -path <path>
REST 
curl -k -X POST 
  'http[s]://<host>:<port>/rest/table/delete?path=<path>'
  -u <username>:<password>
NOTE The mapr user is not treated as a superuser. MapR Database does not allow the mapr user to run this command unless that user is given the relevant permission or permissions with access-control expressions.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

path Path to the MapR table to delete.
  • For a path on the local cluster, start the path at the volume mount point. For example, if you want to delete a table named test under volume1 which has a mount point at /volume1, specify the following path: /volume1/test
  • For a path on a remote cluster, you must also specify the cluster name in the path. For example, if you want to delete a table named customer under volume1 in the sanfrancisco cluster, specify the following path: /mapr/sanfrancisco/volume1/customer

Example

Deletes the table table:

CLI 
maprcli table delete -path /mapr/mycluster/volume1/table
REST 
curl -k -X POST \
  'https://r1n1.sj.us:8443/rest/table/delete?path=%2Fmapr%2Fmycluster%2Fvolume1%2Ftable' \
  -u mapr:mapr