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Am not able to drop any table from Microsoft SQL Analytics End point -
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.
Community SupportHI 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.
Community SupportHi Anonymous,
I wanted to check in your situation regarding the issue. Have you resolved it? If you have, please consider marking the reply as Accepted solution and give Kudos that helped you. It would be greatly appreciated by others in the community who may have the same question.
Thank you.