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Anonymous
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1 year ago
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Am not able to drop any table from Microsoft SQL Analytics End point -

Hi Friends,   am trying to drop the tables from SQL analytics end point.  getting the below error.   The external policy action 'Microsoft.Sql/Sqlservers/Databases/Schemas/Tables/Drop' was denie...
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    v-sgandrathi
    1 year ago

    HI Anonymous,

     

    Thankyou 46 for the accurate and helpful response! You've clearly explained that DROP TABLE is not supported through the SQL Analytics Endpoint and pointed out the correct alternatives via Lakehouse or Notebooks.

     

    Just to add a few more helpful points for your idea:
    These endpoints are primarily built for querying and reporting. Operations like SELECT, JOIN, and AGGREGATIONS work fine, but DDL operations (e.g., DROP, CREATE, ALTER TABLE) are not supported from this layer.

     

    Tables exposed in the endpoint are stored in the Lakehouse as Delta Lake tables (in OneLake).
    So, any structural changes must be performed at the Lakehouse level, either through the Lakehouse UI (Explorer) or using PySpark in a Fabric Notebook:
    spark.sql("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS your_table_name")

    Please Accept as solution if this meets your needs and a Kudos would be appreciated.

     

    Thank you.

     

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Hakesh
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1 year ago

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS catalog_name.schema_name.table_name;
Can be used for both external tables and managed tables. but external tables meta data is stored in files.

And the error denied request is based on the lacking of permission to drop the table. ensure that you have the persmission or has assigned role has permission to drop the table.