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Deleting and updating tables

To delete a table, use the drop_table method.

User.drop_table()

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user;

To update a table, use the update_table method.

User.update_table()

ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN email TEXT;

There are some restrictions on updating tables

  • The new column cannot have unique or primary_key set to True.
  • The new column needs to have a default value or set as optional.
  • You can rename, drop and add multiple columns at once but you cannot mix this tree operations in one call.