Drop

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The Confirm Drop dialog lets you drop one or more database objects and remove their definition from the system catalog.

Platform Availability

To Drop an Object

  1. Initiate a Drop action against one or more objects. For more information see Initiating an object operation.
    The Confirm Drop dialog opens on the Action Options panel.
  2. On the Action Options panel, select any options specific to the object type or configuration of the object you are dropping.
  3. Navigate to the Dependencies pane to view database objects that are dependent on the object you are dropping.
    Note: For Microsoft SQL Server, when dropping Logins, you also have the option to delete corresponding user objects.
    Note: For Microsoft SQL Server, when dropping Databases, you also have the option to delete the backup and restore history for the database.
  4. Navigate to the Preview pane to verify that the correct DDL was created, and if necessary navigate backward and modify your choices.
  5. Click Execute to drop the object.