Drop_State_Tables_Generate_Script
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## Name

Drop_State_Tables_Generate_Script — Generates a script that drops all tables in the specified schema that are prefixed with the state abbreviation. Defaults schema to `tiger_data` if no schema is specified.

## Synopsis

`text Drop_State_Tables_Generate_Script(`text param_state, text param_schema=tiger_data`)`;

## Description

Generates a script that drops all tables in the specified schema that are prefixed with the state abbreviation. Defaults schema to `tiger_data` if no schema is specified. This function is useful for dropping tables of a state just before you reload a state in case something went wrong during your previous load.

Availability: 2.0.0

## Examples

    SELECT drop_state_tables_generate_script('PA');
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_addr;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_county;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_county_lookup;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_cousub;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_edges;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_faces;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_featnames;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_place;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_state;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_zip_lookup_base;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_zip_state;
    DROP TABLE tiger_data.pa_zip_state_loc;

## See Also

Loader_Generate_Script

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