https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-Drop-Hive-Database-with-Tables-in-it/m-p/185264#M147371 <A rel="user" href="#">@Dhiraj</A><P>Yes, this is the only way to drop the database along with tables inside it. I haven't faced any issues till now but I;m not sure of best practices </P> Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:49:11 GMT bandarusridhar1 2017-07-13T11:49:11Z