[Node] drop table api (#221)

Provide `drop_table` in rust and node. Closes #86

node/src/index.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { fromRecordsToBuffer } from './arrow'
 import type { EmbeddingFunction } from './embedding/embedding_function'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-const { databaseNew, databaseTableNames, databaseOpenTable, tableCreate, tableSearch, tableAdd, tableCreateVectorIndex, tableCountRows, tableDelete } = require('../native.js')
+const { databaseNew, databaseTableNames, databaseOpenTable, databaseDropTable, tableCreate, tableSearch, tableAdd, tableCreateVectorIndex, tableCountRows, tableDelete } = require('../native.js')
 
 export type { EmbeddingFunction }
 export { OpenAIEmbeddingFunction } from './embedding/openai'
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ export class Connection {
     await tableCreate.call(this._db, name, Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array()))
     return await this.openTable(name)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop an existing table.
+   * @param name The name of the table to drop.
+   */
+  async dropTable (name: string): Promise<void> {
+    await databaseDropTable.call(this._db, name)
+  }
 }
 
 export class Table<T = number[]> {

node/src/test/test.ts

@@ -235,3 +235,22 @@ async function createTestDB (numDimensions: number = 2, numRows: number = 2): Pr
   await con.createTable('vectors', data)
   return dir
 }
+
+describe('Drop table', function () {
+  it('drop a table', async function () {
+    const dir = await track().mkdir('lancejs')
+    const con = await lancedb.connect(dir)
+
+    const data = [
+      { price: 10, name: 'foo', vector: [1, 2, 3] },
+      { price: 50, name: 'bar', vector: [4, 5, 6] }
+    ]
+    await con.createTable('t1', data)
+    await con.createTable('t2', data)
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await con.tableNames(), ['t1', 't2'])
+
+    await con.dropTable('t1')
+    assert.deepEqual(await con.tableNames(), ['t2'])
+  })
+})