CloudTableClient.DeleteTable Method

Storage Client Library NET API

[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See Storage Client Library for the latest version.]

Deletes the table.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As CloudTableClient
Dim tableName As String

instance.DeleteTable(tableName)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub DeleteTable ( _
	tableName As String _
)
C#
public void DeleteTable (
	string tableName
)
C++
public:
void DeleteTable (
	String^ tableName
)
J#
JScript

Parameters

tableName

Type: System.String

The table name.

Example

The following code example attempts to delete a table and handles the error if it does not exist.

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public static void DeleteTable(CloudStorageAccount storageAccount)
{
  // Create service client for credentialed access to the Table service.
  CloudTableClient tableClient = 
      new CloudTableClient(
          storageAccount.TableEndpoint.ToString(),
          storageAccount.Credentials);
  try
  {
    tableClient.DeleteTable("Products");
  }
  catch (StorageClientException e)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message);
    Console.WriteLine("Extended error info: {0} : {1}", 
        e.ExtendedErrorInformation.ErrorCode,
        e.ExtendedErrorInformation.ErrorMessage);
  }
}

Remarks

If the specified table does not exist, the DeleteTable method throws a StorageClientException


Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

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