arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/collectionDatabaseDrop.md

@brief drops a collection db._drop(collection)

Drops a collection and all its indexes.

db._drop(collection-identifier)

Drops a collection identified by collection-identifier and all its indexes. No error is thrown if there is no such collection.

db._drop(collection-name)

Drops a collection named collection-name and all its indexes. No error is thrown if there is no such collection.

Examples

Drops a collection:

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{collectionDatabaseDrop} ~ db._create("example"); col = db.example; db._drop(col); col; ~ db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT

Drops a collection identified by name:

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{collectionDatabaseDropName} ~ db._create("example"); col = db.example; db._drop("example"); col; @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT