DROP CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)

Drops an existing contract from a database.

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Syntax

DROP CONTRACT contract_name 
[ ; ]

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] ;

See Also

Reference

ALTER BROKER PRIORITY (Transact-SQL)

ALTER SERVICE (Transact-SQL)

CREATE CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)

DROP BROKER PRIORITY (Transact-SQL)

DROP SERVICE (Transact-SQL)

EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)