Dropping a table with all its dependencies (Microsoft SQL Server)
Delete a SQL object using its schema-qualified name. For tables, the constraints are dropped first. Errors are ignored.
create procedure [dbo].[spDropObject] (@fullname nvarchar(520))
as
begin
begin try
declare @type nvarchar(5)
declare @resolvedFullname nvarchar(520)
declare @resolvedName nvarchar(255)
set @type = null
set @resolvedFullname = null
set @resolvedName = null
--find the object
select
@type = o.[type]
,@resolvedFullname = '[' + object_schema_name(o.id) + '].[' + o.[name] + ']'
,@resolvedName = '[' + o.[name] + ']'
from dbo.sysobjects o
where id = object_id(@fullname)
--PROCEDURE
if(@type = 'P')
begin
exec('drop procedure ' + @resolvedFullname);
return;
end
--VIEW
if(@type = 'V')
begin
exec('drop view ' + @resolvedFullname);
return;
end
--FUNCTION
if(@type = 'FN' or @type = 'TF')
begin
exec('drop function ' + @resolvedFullname);
return;
end
--TRIGGER
if(@type = 'TF')
begin
exec('drop trigger ' + @resolvedFullname);
return;
end
--CONSTRAINT
if(@type = 'C' or @type = 'UQ' or @type = 'D' or @type = 'F' or @type = 'PK' or @type = 'K')
begin
declare @fullTablename nvarchar(520);
set @fullTablename = null
--find the contraint's table
select @fullTablename ='[' + object_schema_name(t.[object_id]) + '].[' + t.[Name] + ']'
from sys.tables t
join sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id
where t.object_id = (select parent_obj from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(@resolvedFullname))
exec('alter table ' + @fullTablename + ' drop constraint ' + @resolvedName);
return;
end
--TABLE (drop all constraints then drop the table)
if(@type = 'U')
begin
--find FK references to the table
declare @fktab table([Name] nvarchar(255))
insert @fktab
select
[Name] = '[' + object_name(fkc.[constraint_object_id]) + ']'
/*
,[Parent] = '[' + object_schema_name(fkc.[parent_object_id]) + '].[' + object_name(fkc.[parent_object_id]) + ']'
,[Ref] = '[' + object_schema_name(fkc.[referenced_object_id]) + '].[' + object_name(fkc.[referenced_object_id]) + ']'
*/
from sys.foreign_key_columns as fkc
where referenced_object_id = object_id(@resolvedFullname)
order by [Name]
--iterate FKs
while(1=1)
begin
declare @constraint nvarchar(255)
set @constraint = null
select top 1
@constraint = [Name]
from @fktab
if(@constraint is not null)
begin
--drop FK constraint
exec [dbo].[spDropObject] @constraint;
delete from @fktab where [Name] = @constraint --remove current record from working table
end
else break;
end
--find constraints for table
declare @constraintTab table ([Name] nvarchar(255));
insert @constraintTab
select [name]
from sys.objects
where parent_object_id = object_id(@resolvedFullname)
order by [name]
--iterate constraints
while(1=1)
begin
set @constraint = null;
select top 1 @constraint = [Name] from @constraintTab
if(@constraint is not null)
begin
--drop constraint
exec [dbo].[spDropObject] @constraint;
delete from @constraintTab where [Name] = @constraint --remove current record from working table
end
else break;
end
--drop table
exec('drop table ' + @resolvedFullname);
return;
end
end try
begin catch
declare @message nvarchar(max)
set @message = error_message( ) ;
print @message
end catch
end
You can use Sp_Depends
to find the dependencies. With that you can modify the script from this answer Maybe someone less lazy than me will do that for you.
Note: Each object of course could have its own dependencies so you'll need to process them as well.
The best thing to do it is "Generate scripts for Drop"
Select Database -> Right Click -> Tasks -> Generate Scripts - will open wizard for generating scripts
- Select the database -> next
- Set option 'Script to create' to true (want to create)
- Set option 'Script to Drop' to true (want to drop)
- Set option 'Generate script for dependent object' to true -> Next
- Select the Check box to select objects wish to create script
- Select the choice to write script (File, New window, Clipboard)
Execute the script
This way we can customize our script i.e., we can do scripting for selected objects of a database.
I hope this will help you!
Best Wishes, JP