DROP CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)

Article
12/29/2022

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

Drops an existing contract from a database.

Syntax

DROP CONTRACT contract_name   
[ ; ]

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

Arguments

contract_name
The name of the contract to drop. Server, database, and schema names cannot be specified.

Remarks

You cannot drop a contract if any services or conversation priorities refer to the contract.

When you drop a contract, Service Broker ends any existing conversations that use the contract with an error.

Permissions

Permission for dropping a contract defaults to the owner of the contract, members of the db_ddladmin or db_owner fixed database roles, and members of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Examples

The following example removes the contract //Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission from the database.

DROP CONTRACT [//Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission] ;