### 1.4.12.6 Dropping Tables

Warning: Dropping a table in SQL means removing the table from the database and therefore losing all the data it contained.

To drop (or remove) a table in SQL you would use the following command:

    DROP TABLE table_name

For example:

    DROP TABLE Person

To drop the table above using a `web.database` cursor we would use the following code:

    cursor.drop('Person')

The `drop()` method of a `web.database` cursor looks like this:

`drop`( | table[, execute] )

  Remove a table
  table
    A string containing the name of the table to drop.
  execute
    If `False` the method returns the SQL string to perform the desired operations. If `True` the SQL is executed. If not specified takes the value specified in the cursor which by default is `True`