function db_drop_field

Drops a field.

Parameters

$table: The table to be altered.

$field: The field to be dropped.

Related topics

Schema API: API to handle database schemas.

19 calls to db_drop_field()

block_update_7008 in drupal/modules/block/block.install: Update database to match Drupal 7 schema.
comment_update_7006 in drupal/modules/comment/comment.install: Migrate data from the comment field to field storage.
field_sql_storage_update_7001 in drupal/modules/field/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.install: Remove the field_config_entity_type table and store 'entity_type' strings.
filter_update_7005 in drupal/modules/filter/filter.install: Integrate text formats with the user permissions system.
node_update_7006 in drupal/modules/node/node.install: Convert body and teaser from node properties to fields, and migrate status/comment/promote and sticky columns to the {node_revision} table.

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File

drupal/includes/database/database.inc, line 2911: Core systems for the database layer.

Code

function db_drop_field($table, $field) {
  return Database::getConnection()
    ->schema()
    ->dropField($table, $field);
}