DROP SERVICE (Transact-SQL)

Drops an existing service.

Syntax

DROP SERVICE service_name
[ ; ]

Arguments

  • service_name
    The name of the service to drop. Server, database, and schema names cannot be specified.

Remarks

Dropping a service deletes all messages for the service from the queue that the service uses. Service Broker sends an error to the remote side of any open conversations that use the service.

Permissions

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

Examples

A. Dropping a service

This example drops the service //Adventure-Works.com/Expenses.

DROP SERVICE [//Adventure-Works.com/Expenses] ;

See Also

Reference

CREATE SERVICE (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVICE (Transact-SQL)
EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)

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