DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(30) NOT NULL, c2 CHAR(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` char(30) NOT NULL, `c2` char(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` char(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, c2 VARCHAR(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar(30) NOT NULL, `c2` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 BINARY(30) NOT NULL, c2 BINARY(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` binary(30) NOT NULL, `c2` binary(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` binary(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARBINARY(30) NOT NULL, c2 VARBINARY(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varbinary(30) NOT NULL, `c2` varbinary(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varbinary(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(30) NOT NULL, c2 CHAR(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` char(30) NOT NULL, `c2` char(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` char(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, c2 VARCHAR(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar(30) NOT NULL, `c2` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 BINARY(30) NOT NULL, c2 BINARY(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` binary(30) NOT NULL, `c2` binary(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` binary(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARBINARY(30) NOT NULL, c2 VARBINARY(30)); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varbinary(30) NOT NULL, `c2` varbinary(30) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN c1; ERROR 42000: You can't delete all columns with ALTER TABLE; use DROP TABLE instead SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varbinary(30) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test