Hi Denis, 1) Yes, cache is destroyed and data is purged. 2) We acquire table lock, so that DML and SELECT statements will be blocked until operation is finished. Exception about missing table will be thrown afterwards.
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org> wrote: > Alex P., Vladimir, > > I’m finalizing DROP TABLE command documentation and unsure what happens > with the following once the command is issued: > > 1. Do we destroy the underlying cache and purge all its content? > > 2. What happens to DML operations targeting a table that is somewhere in > the middle of the drop process? Do we block such DML commands waiting while > the DROP TABLE is over or kick them off right away with some special > exception? > > — > Denis
