https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-Drop-Hive-Database-with-Tables-in-it/m-p/185266#M147373 <P><A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/17363/dhirajbda.html" nodeid="17363">@Dhiraj</A></P><P>If the idea is to drop the database and all tables within, then the db directory from HDFS is sure to be removed. Is the use case to remove the tables within than to remove the database and it's directory structure?</P> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:07:09 GMT ssubhas 2017-07-18T01:07:09Z