Does DROP database delete the database?

Does dropping a database delete it?

Dropping a database deletes the database from an instance of SQL Server and deletes the physical disk files used by the database. If the database or any one of its files is offline when it is dropped, the disk files are not deleted. These files can be deleted manually by using Windows Explorer.

Is DROP database the same as delete database?

Simply: a DELETE command removes matching rows, a DROP command removes the entire table.

Why DROP database if exists?

IF EXISTS is used to prevent an error from occurring if the database does not exist. If the default database is dropped, the default database is unset (the DATABASE() function returns NULL ). If you use DROP DATABASE on a symbolically linked database, both the link and the original database are deleted.

Is SQL DROP used to remove objects from the database?

– Deleting an Object. Separate from TRUNCATE and DELETE commands, we can use the DROP command to remove objects such as tables in SQL from a database.