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Drops an existing contract from a database.
Syntax
DROP CONTRACT contract_name
[ ; ]
Arguments
- contract_name
Is the name of the contract to drop. Server, database, and schema names cannot be specified.
Remarks
You cannot drop a contract if any services 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
A. Dropping a contract
This example removes the contract //Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission from the database.
DROP CONTRACT
[//Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission] ;
See Also
Reference
CREATE CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)
EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)