Required. The name of the table to delete. Format: projects/{project_id_or_number}/locations/{locationId}/catalogs/{catalogId}/databases/{databaseId}/tables/{tableId}
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Table.
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