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How to Drop a Column in Snowflake

In tables, we will have rows and columns to store the data in order. When we don’t require some data, we can delete that data. To delete that data, we have to delete those columns. This blog teaches you to drop a single column or multiple columns.

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Drop a Column in Snowflake

In Snowflake, we can drop the columns through the “ALTER TABLE .. DROP COLUMN” command.

Dropping one column:

alter table product1
drop column description1;

Dropping multiple columns:

alter table product1
drop column price1, description1;
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Conclusion

Drop command is one of the essential commands in a Database. It helps delete particular rows or columns or complete data. I hope this article provides you with sufficient information about dropping a column.

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