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How To Drop Existing Views from a Database in MS SQL Server?

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Answer:

If you don't need a specific view any more, you can use the DROP VIEW statement to delete it from the database. The following tutorial exercise shows you how to delete the view, ggl_links_view:

USE GlobalGuideLineDatabase;
GO

SELECT * FROM sys.views;
GO
name object_id schema_id type type_desc
--------------- ----------- ---------- ---- ----------
ggl_links_view 1189579276 1 V VIEW
ggl_links_top 1205579333 1 V VIEW
(2 row(s) affected)

DROP VIEW ggl_links_view;
GO

SELECT * FROM sys.views;
GO
<pre>name object_id schema_id type type_desc
--------------- ----------- ---------- ---- ----------
ggl_links_top 1205579333 1 V VIEW
(1 row(s) affected)</pre>

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