To drop a table that is referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint, you must first remove the FOREIGN KEY constraint. You can do this by using the ALTER TABLE
statement with the DROP CONSTRAINT
clause. Here is an example:
ALTER TABLE referencing_table_name
DROP CONSTRAINT fk_constraint_name;
Make sure to replace referencing_table_name
with the name of the table that has the FOREIGN KEY constraint and fk_constraint_name
with the name of the FOREIGN KEY constraint.
After removing the FOREIGN KEY constraint, you can use the DROP TABLE
statement to drop the table:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name;
Make sure to replace table_name
with the name of the table you want to drop.