uses
   DB, DBTables, DbiProcs, DbiErrs, DbiTypes;
 
 procedure DeleteTable(Dir, TblName: String);
 var
   DBHandle: HDBIDB;
   ResultCode: DBIResult;
   tbl, Err: Array[0..255] of Char;
   SrcTbl: TTable;
 begin
   SrcTbl := TTable.Create(Application);
   try
     SrcTbl.DatabaseName := Dir;
     SrcTbl.TableName := TblName;
     SrcTbl.Open;
     DBHandle := SrcTbl.DBHandle;
     SrcTbl.Close;
     ResultCode := DbiDeleteTable(DBHandle,
       StrPCopy(Tbl,Dir + '\' + TblName), nil);
     if ResultCode <> DBIERR_NONE then
     begin
       DbiGetErrorString(ResultCode,Err);
       raise EDatabaseError.Create('While deleting ' +
         Dir + '\' + TblName + ', the database ' +
         'engine generated the error ''' + StrPas(Err) + '''');
     end;
   finally
     SrcTbl.Free;
   end;
 end;