I described the table with declarative schema (Magento 2.3):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<schema xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Setup/Declaration/Schema/etc/schema.xsd">
<table name="mi_declarative_schema_test" resource="default" comment="Declarative schema test">
<column xsi:type="int" name="id" identity="true" comment="ID Auto Increment" />
<column xsi:type="varchar" name="name" length="1024" nullable="false" comment="Name" />
<constraint xsi:type="primary" referenceId="PRIMARY">
<column name="id" />
</constraint>
</table>
</schema>
I did setup:upgrade, the table was created, everything is ok. I add the columns,do an upgrade - they are added ok. But when I delete columns from xml, they are not deleted from the table. The instruction https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/extension-dev-guide/declarative-schema/db-schema.html says it is enough to delete or comment out the column line. Magento connects to the DB with root access