Deleting Partitions by Specifying Filter Criteria (Only OBS Tables Supported)

Function

This statement is used to delete one or more partitions based on specified conditions.

Precautions

This statement is used for OBS table operations only.
The table in which partitions are to be deleted must exist. Otherwise, an error is reported.
The to-be-deleted partition must exist. Otherwise, an error is reported. To avoid this error, add IF EXISTS in this statement.

Syntax

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ALTER TABLE [db_name.]table_name
  DROP [IF EXISTS]
  PARTITIONS partition_filtercondition;

Keyword

DROP: deletes specified partitions.
IF EXISTS: Partitions to be deleted must exist. Otherwise, an error is reported.
PARTITIONS: specifies partitions meeting the conditions

Parameters

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Description
db_name	Database name that contains letters, digits, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only digits or start with an underscore (_).
table_name	Table name of a database that contains letters, digits, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only digits or start with an underscore (_). The matching rule is *^(?!_)(?![0-9]+$)[A-Za-z0-9_$]$. If special characters are required, use single quotation marks ('') to enclose them. This statement is used for OBS table operations.**
partition_filtercondition	Condition used to search partitions to be deleted. The format is as follows: Partition column name Operator Value to compare Example: start_date < '201911' <partition_filtercondition1> AND\|OR <partition_filtercondition2> Example: start_date < '201911' OR start_date >= '202006' (<partition_filtercondition1>) [,partitions (<partition_filtercondition2>), ...] Example: (start_date <> '202007'), partitions(start_date < '201912')

Example

You can run the following statements to delete partitions of the student table using different conditions:

alter table student drop partitions(start_date < '201911');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date >= '202007');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date BETWEEN '202001' AND '202007');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date < '201912' OR start_date >= '202006');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date > '201912' AND start_date <= '202004');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date != '202007');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date <> '202007');
alter table student drop partitions(start_date <> '202007'), partitions(start_date < '201912');