How to drop all user tables?

Question

How can I drop all user tables in oracle?

I have problem with constraints. When I disable all it is still no possible.

Answer 1

BEGIN
   FOR cur_rec IN (SELECT object_name, object_type
                     FROM user_objects
                    WHERE object_type IN
                             ('TABLE',
                              'VIEW',
                              'MATERIALIZED VIEW',
                              'PACKAGE',
                              'PROCEDURE',
                              'FUNCTION',
                              'SEQUENCE',
                              'SYNONYM',
                              'PACKAGE BODY'
                             ))
   LOOP
      BEGIN
         IF cur_rec.object_type = 'TABLE'
         THEN
            EXECUTE IMMEDIATE    'DROP '
                              || cur_rec.object_type
                              || ' "'
                              || cur_rec.object_name
                              || '" CASCADE CONSTRAINTS';
         ELSE
            EXECUTE IMMEDIATE    'DROP '
                              || cur_rec.object_type
                              || ' "'
                              || cur_rec.object_name
                              || '"';
         END IF;
      EXCEPTION
         WHEN OTHERS
         THEN
            DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (   'FAILED: DROP '
                                  || cur_rec.object_type
                                  || ' "'
                                  || cur_rec.object_name
                                  || '"'
                                 );
      END;
   END LOOP;
END;
/

Answer 2

If you just want a really simple way to do this.. Heres a script I have used in the past

select 'drop table '||table_name||' cascade constraints;' from user_tables;

This will print out a series of drop commands for all tables in the schema. Spool the result of this query and execute it.

Source: https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=614090

Likewise if you want to clear more than tables you can edit the following to suit your needs

select 'drop '||object_type||' '|| object_name || ';' from user_objects where object_type in ('VIEW','PACKAGE','SEQUENCE', 'PROCEDURE', 'FUNCTION', 'INDEX')

Answer 3

Another answer that worked for me is (credit to http://snipt.net/Fotinakis/drop-all-tables-and-constraints-within-an-oracle-schema/)

BEGIN

FOR c IN (SELECT table_name FROM user_tables) LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ('DROP TABLE "' || c.table_name || '" CASCADE CONSTRAINTS');
END LOOP;

FOR s IN (SELECT sequence_name FROM user_sequences) LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ('DROP SEQUENCE ' || s.sequence_name);
END LOOP;

END;

Note that this works immediately after you run it. It does NOT produce a script that you need to paste somewhere (like other answers here). It runs directly on the DB.

Answer 4

begin
  for i in (select 'drop table '||table_name||' cascade constraints' tbl from user_tables) 
  loop
     execute immediate i.tbl;
  end loop;
end;

Answer 5

The simplest way is to drop the user that owns the objects with the cascade command.

DROP USER username CASCADE

Answer 6

The easiest way would be to drop the tablespace then build the tablespace back up. But I'd rather not have to do that. This is similar to Henry's except that I just do a copy/paste on the resultset in my gui.

SELECT
  'DROP'
  ,object_type
  ,object_name
  ,CASE(object_type)
     WHEN 'TABLE' THEN 'CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;'
     ELSE ';'
   END
 FROM user_objects
 WHERE
   object_type IN ('TABLE','VIEW','PACKAGE','PROCEDURE','FUNCTION','SEQUENCE')

Answer 7

SELECT 'DROP TABLE "' || TABLE_NAME || '" CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;' 
FROM user_tables;

user_tables is a system table which contains all the tables of the user the SELECT clause will generate a DROP statement for every table you can run the script

Answer 8

To remove all objects in oracle :

1) Dynamic

DECLARE
CURSOR IX IS
SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE ='TABLE' 
AND OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
 CURSOR IY IS
 SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE 
IN ('SEQUENCE',
'PROCEDURE',
'PACKAGE',
'FUNCTION',
'VIEW') AND  OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
 CURSOR IZ IS
 SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE IN ('TYPE') AND  OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
BEGIN
 FOR X IN IX LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||X.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||X.OBJECT_NAME|| ' CASCADE CONSTRAINT');
 END LOOP;
 FOR Y IN IY LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||Y.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||Y.OBJECT_NAME);
 END LOOP;
 FOR Z IN IZ LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||Z.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||Z.OBJECT_NAME||' FORCE ');
 END LOOP;
END;
/

2)Static

    SELECT 'DROP TABLE "' || TABLE_NAME || '" CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;' FROM user_tables
        union ALL
        select 'drop '||object_type||' '|| object_name || ';' from user_objects 
        where object_type in ('VIEW','PACKAGE','SEQUENCE', 'PROCEDURE', 'FUNCTION')
        union ALL
        SELECT 'drop '
        ||object_type
        ||' '
        || object_name
        || ' force;'
        FROM user_objects
        WHERE object_type IN ('TYPE');