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+/*
+ * Description     : Drop secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 12th July 2012
+ *
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type Schema as closed {
+unique1:  int32,
+unique2:  int32,
+two:  int32,
+four:  int32,
+ten:  int32,
+twenty:  int32,
+onePercent: int32,
+tenPercent:  int32,
+twentyPercent:  int32,
+fiftyPercent:  int32,
+unique3:  int32,
+evenOnePercent: int32,
+oddOnePercent:  int32,
+stringu1:  string,
+stringu2:  string,
+string4:  string
+}
+
+create dataset t1(Schema) partitioned by key unique2;
+
+// Load data
+load dataset t1
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/onektup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+// create secondary indexes
+create index idx_t1_str1 on t1(stringu1);
+create index idx_t1_unique1 on t1(unique1);
+
+// drop secondary indexes
+drop index t1.idx_t1_str1;
+drop index t1.idx_t1_unique1;
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_drop-index.adm";
+
+for $a in dataset('t1')
+where $a.unique1 > 10 and $a.stringu1="DGAAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+return $a