Delete All Tables in DB2 Schema: Quick Guide

To delete all tables under a schema, you can follow these steps:

1. Firstly, connect to the DB2 database instance.
2. List all tables in the specified schema using the following command:
3. Retrieve the table names from the SYSCAT.TABLES where the schema name is ‘your_schema_name’.
4. This will display all table names under the specified schema.
5. Next, use the following command to delete each table one by one:
6. Delete the table named “table_name” in your schema named “your_schema_name”.
7. Please replace your_schema_name with the actual schema name and table_name with the actual table name. Execute the above commands one by one to delete each table.
8. To delete the entire schema, you can use the following command:
9. Delete the specified schema, restricting if there are any dependencies.
10. Please note that the RESTRICT keyword indicates that all tables within the schema must be deleted before the schema itself can be removed. If the RESTRICT keyword is not used, all tables must be manually deleted before the schema can be removed.

Please be cautious when deleting a table and schema as it is an irreversible action that will result in permanent data loss.