package in.bench.resources.mysql.db.example;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class DropTableUsingJDBCStatement {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// variables
		Connection connection = null;
		Statement statement = null;

		// Step 1: Loading or registering MySQL JDBC driver class
		try {
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
		}
		catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfex) {
			System.out.println("Problem in loading MySQL JDBC driver");
			cnfex.printStackTrace();
		}

		// Step 2: Opening database connection
		try {

			// Step 2.A: Create and get connection using DriverManager
			connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
          "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/PLAYER_INFO", "root", "root@123"); 

			// Step 2.B: Creating JDBC Statement
			statement = connection.createStatement();

			// create SQL query to create new table PLAYER
			String sqlQuery = "DROP TABLE PLAYER";

			// Step 2.C: Executing SQL & retrieve data into ResultSet
			statement.executeUpdate(sqlQuery);

			// output of database creation
			System.out.println(
                        "PLAYER table dropped successfully");
		}
		catch(SQLException sqlex){
			sqlex.printStackTrace();
		}
		finally {

			// Step 3: Closing database connection
			try {
				if(null != connection) {

					// cleanup resources, once after processing
					statement.close();

					// and then finally close connection
					connection.close();
				}
			}
			catch (SQLException sqlex) {
				sqlex.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
	}
}

PLAYER table dropped successfully