[sql] Drop all the tables, stored procedures, triggers, constraints and all the dependencies in one sql statement

Is there any way in which I can clean a database in SQl Server 2005 by dropping all the tables and deleting stored procedures, triggers, constraints and all the dependencies in one SQL statement?

REASON FOR REQUEST:

I want to have a DB script for cleaning up an existing DB which is not in use rather than creating new ones, especially when you have to put in a request to your DB admin and wait for a while to get it done!

try this....

USE DATABASE
GO
DECLARE @tname VARCHAR(150)
DECLARE @strsql VARCHAR(300)

SELECT @tname = (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM sys.objects WHERE [type] = 'U' and [name] like N'TableName%' ORDER BY [name])

WHILE @tname IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
    SELECT @strsql = 'DROP TABLE [dbo].[' + RTRIM(@tname) +']'
    EXEC (@strsql)
    PRINT 'Dropped Table : ' + @tname
    SELECT @tname = (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM sys.objects WHERE [type] = 'U' AND [name] like N'TableName%'  AND [name] > @tname ORDER BY [name])
END

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(255)
DECLARE @type VARCHAR(10)
DECLARE @prefix VARCHAR(255)
DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(255)

DECLARE curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT [name], xtype
FROM sysobjects
WHERE xtype IN ('U', 'P', 'FN', 'IF', 'TF', 'V', 'TR') -- Configuration point 1
ORDER BY name

OPEN curs
FETCH NEXT FROM curs INTO @name, @type

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Configuration point 2
SET @prefix = CASE @type
WHEN 'U' THEN 'DROP TABLE'
WHEN 'P' THEN 'DROP PROCEDURE'
WHEN 'FN' THEN 'DROP FUNCTION'
WHEN 'IF' THEN 'DROP FUNCTION'
WHEN 'TF' THEN 'DROP FUNCTION'
WHEN 'V' THEN 'DROP VIEW'
WHEN 'TR' THEN 'DROP TRIGGER'
END

SET @sql = @prefix + ' ' + @name
PRINT @sql
EXEC(@sql)
FETCH NEXT FROM curs INTO @name, @type
END

CLOSE curs
DEALLOCATE curs

This is what I have tried:

SELECT 'DROP TABLE [' + SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']' FROM sys.tables

What ever the output it will print, just copy all and paste in new query and press execute. This will delete all tables.

I tried some of the script here, but they didn't work for me, as I have my tables in schemas. So I put together the following. Note that this script takes a list of schemas, and drops then in sequence. You need to make sure that you have a complete ordering in your schemas. If there are any circular dependencies, then it will fail.

PRINT 'Dropping whole database'
GO

------------------------------------------
-- Drop constraints
------------------------------------------
DECLARE @Sql NVARCHAR(500) DECLARE @Cursor CURSOR

SET @Cursor = CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT DISTINCT sql = 'ALTER TABLE ['+tc2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA+'].[' + tc2.TABLE_NAME + '] DROP [' + rc1.CONSTRAINT_NAME + ']'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS rc1
LEFT JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc2 ON tc2.CONSTRAINT_NAME =rc1.CONSTRAINT_NAME

OPEN @Cursor FETCH NEXT FROM @Cursor INTO @Sql

WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
PRINT @Sql
Exec (@Sql)
FETCH NEXT FROM @Cursor INTO @Sql
END

CLOSE @Cursor DEALLOCATE @Cursor
GO


------------------------------------------
-- Drop views
------------------------------------------

DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX) = ''
        , @crlf VARCHAR(2) = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) ;

SELECT @sql = @sql + 'DROP VIEW ' + QUOTENAME(SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id)) + '.' + QUOTENAME(v.name) +';' + @crlf
FROM   sys.views v

PRINT @sql;
EXEC(@sql);
GO
------------------------------------------
-- Drop procs
------------------------------------------
PRINT 'Dropping all procs ...'
GO

DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX) = ''
        , @crlf VARCHAR(2) = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) ;

SELECT @sql = @sql + 'DROP PROC ' + QUOTENAME(SCHEMA_NAME(p.schema_id)) + '.' + QUOTENAME(p.name) +';' + @crlf
FROM   [sys].[procedures] p

PRINT @sql;
EXEC(@sql);
GO

------------------------------------------
-- Drop tables
------------------------------------------
PRINT 'Dropping all tables ...'
GO
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable 'DROP TABLE ?'
GO

------------------------------------------
-- Drop sequences
------------------------------------------

PRINT 'Dropping all sequences ...'
GO
DECLARE @DropSeqSql varchar(1024)
DECLARE DropSeqCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT DISTINCT 'DROP SEQUENCE ' + s.SEQUENCE_SCHEMA + '.' + s.SEQUENCE_NAME
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SEQUENCES s

OPEN DropSeqCursor

FETCH NEXT FROM DropSeqCursor INTO @DropSeqSql

WHILE ( @@FETCH_STATUS <> -1 )
BEGIN
    PRINT @DropSeqSql
    EXECUTE( @DropSeqSql )
    FETCH NEXT FROM DropSeqCursor INTO @DropSeqSql
END

CLOSE DropSeqCursor
DEALLOCATE DropSeqCursor
GO

------------------------------------------
-- Drop Schemas
------------------------------------------


DECLARE @schemas as varchar(1000) = 'StaticData,Ird,DataImport,Collateral,Report,Cds,CommonTrade,MarketData,TypeCode'
DECLARE @schemasXml as xml = cast(('<schema>'+replace(@schemas,',' ,'</schema><schema>')+'</schema>') as xml)

DECLARE @Sql NVARCHAR(500) DECLARE @Cursor CURSOR

SET @Cursor = CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT sql = 'DROP SCHEMA ['+schemaName+']' FROM 
(SELECT CAST(T.schemaName.query('text()') as VARCHAR(200)) as schemaName FROM @schemasXml.nodes('/schema') T(schemaName)) as X
JOIN information_schema.schemata S on S.schema_name = X.schemaName

OPEN @Cursor FETCH NEXT FROM @Cursor INTO @Sql

WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
PRINT @Sql
Exec (@Sql)
FETCH NEXT FROM @Cursor INTO @Sql
END

CLOSE @Cursor DEALLOCATE @Cursor
GO

Seems like a rather dangerous feature to me. If you'd implement something like this I would make sure to properly secure it in a way you won't be able to run this per accident.

As suggested before you could make some sort of stored procedure yourself. In SQL Server 2005 you could have a look this system table to determine and find the objects you would like to drop.

select * from sys.objects

To drop all tables:

exec sp_MSforeachtable 'DROP TABLE ?'

This will, of course, drop all constraints, triggers etc., everything but the stored procedures.

For the stored procedures I'm afraid you will need another stored procedure stored in master.

I'd do it in two statements: DROP DATABASE ???

and then CREATE DATABASE ???

In addition to @Ivan's answer, types all need to be included

    /* Drop all Types */
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(254)

SELECT @name = (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM sys.types where is_user_defined = 1 ORDER BY [name])

WHILE @name IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
    SELECT @SQL = 'DROP TYPE [dbo].[' + RTRIM(@name) +']'
    EXEC (@SQL)
    PRINT 'Dropped Type: ' + @name
    SELECT @name = (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM sys.types where is_user_defined = 1 AND [name] > @name ORDER BY [name])
END
GO

You have to disable all triggers and constraints first.

EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1="ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL"

EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1="ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER ALL"

After that you can generate the scripts for deleting the objects as

SELECT 'Drop Table '+name FROM sys.tables WHERE type='U';

SELECT 'Drop Procedure '+name FROM  sys.procedures WHERE type='P';

Execute the statements generated.

Here I found new query to delete all sp,functions and triggers

declare @procName varchar(500)
declare cur cursor 

for select [name] from sys.objects where type = 'p'
open cur
fetch next from cur into @procName
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
    exec('drop procedure ' + @procName)
    fetch next from cur into @procName
end
close cur
deallocate cur

To add to Ivan's answer, I have also had the need to drop all user-defined types, so I have added this to the script:

/* Drop all user-defined types */
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(254)

SELECT @name = (select TOP 1 [name] from sys.types where is_user_defined = 1)

WHILE @name IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
    SELECT @SQL = 'DROP TYPE [dbo].[' + RTRIM(@name) +']'
    EXEC (@SQL)
    PRINT 'Dropped Type: ' + @name
    SELECT @name = (select TOP 1 [name] from sys.types where is_user_defined = 1)
END
GO

Back up a completely empty database. Instead of dropping all the objects, just restore the backup.

Try this

Select 'ALTER TABLE ' + Table_Name  +'  drop constraint ' + Constraint_Name  from Information_Schema.CONSTRAINT_TABLE_USAGE

Select 'drop Procedure ' + specific_name  from Information_Schema.Routines where specific_name not like 'sp%' AND specific_name not like 'fn_%'

Select 'drop View ' + table_name  from Information_Schema.tables where Table_Type = 'VIEW'

SELECT 'DROP TRIGGER ' + name FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'tr'

Select 'drop table ' + table_name  from Information_Schema.tables where Table_Type = 'BASE TABLE'

I'm using this script by Adam Anderson, updated to support objects in other schemas than dbo.

declare @n char(1)
set @n = char(10)

declare @stmt nvarchar(max)

-- procedures
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'drop procedure [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']'
from sys.procedures


-- check constraints
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
'alter table [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + object_name( parent_object_id ) + ']    drop constraint [' + name + ']'
from sys.check_constraints

-- functions
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'drop function [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']'
from sys.objects
where type in ( 'FN', 'IF', 'TF' )

-- views
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'drop view [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']'
from sys.views

-- foreign keys
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'alter table [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + object_name( parent_object_id ) + '] drop constraint [' + name + ']'
from sys.foreign_keys

-- tables
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'drop table [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']'
from sys.tables

-- user defined types
select @stmt = isnull( @stmt + @n, '' ) +
    'drop type [' + schema_name(schema_id) + '].[' + name + ']'
from sys.types
where is_user_defined = 1


exec sp_executesql @stmt

Source: an Adam Anderson blog post

try this with sql2012 or above,

this will be help to delete all objects by selected schema

DECLARE @MySchemaName VARCHAR(50)='dbo', @sql VARCHAR(MAX)='';
DECLARE @SchemaName VARCHAR(255), @ObjectName VARCHAR(255), @ObjectType VARCHAR(255), @ObjectDesc VARCHAR(255), @Category INT;

DECLARE cur CURSOR FOR
    SELECT  (s.name)SchemaName, (o.name)ObjectName, (o.type)ObjectType,(o.type_desc)ObjectDesc,(so.category)Category
    FROM    sys.objects o
    INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id
    INNER JOIN sysobjects so ON so.name=o.name
    WHERE s.name = @MySchemaName
    AND so.category=0
    AND o.type IN ('P','PC','U','V','FN','IF','TF','FS','FT','PK','TT')

OPEN cur
FETCH NEXT FROM cur INTO @SchemaName,@ObjectName,@ObjectType,@ObjectDesc,@Category

SET @sql='';
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN    
    IF @ObjectType IN('FN', 'IF', 'TF', 'FS', 'FT') SET @sql=@sql+'Drop Function '+@MySchemaName+'.'+@ObjectName+CHAR(13)
    IF @ObjectType IN('V') SET @sql=@sql+'Drop View '+@MySchemaName+'.'+@ObjectName+CHAR(13)
    IF @ObjectType IN('P') SET @sql=@sql+'Drop Procedure '+@MySchemaName+'.'+@ObjectName+CHAR(13)
    IF @ObjectType IN('U') SET @sql=@sql+'Drop Table '+@MySchemaName+'.'+@ObjectName+CHAR(13)

    --PRINT @ObjectName + ' | ' + @ObjectType
    FETCH NEXT FROM cur INTO @SchemaName,@ObjectName,@ObjectType,@ObjectDesc,@Category
END
CLOSE cur;    
DEALLOCATE cur;
SET @sql=@sql+CASE WHEN LEN(@sql)>0 THEN 'Drop Schema '+@MySchemaName+CHAR(13) ELSE '' END
PRINT @sql
EXECUTE (@sql)

Another alternative if you are developing, would be:

DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE;
CREATE SCHEMA public;

I accidentally ran a db init script against my master database tonight. Anyways, I quickly ran into this thread. I used the: exec sp_MSforeachtable 'DROP TABLE ?' answer, but had to execute it multiple times until it didn't error (dependencies.) After that I stumbled upon some other threads and pieced this together to drop all the stored procedures and functions.

DECLARE mycur CURSOR FOR select O.type_desc,schema_id,O.name
from 
    sys.objects             O LEFT OUTER JOIN
    sys.extended_properties E ON O.object_id = E.major_id
WHERE
    O.name IS NOT NULL
    AND ISNULL(O.is_ms_shipped, 0) = 0
    AND ISNULL(E.name, '') <> 'microsoft_database_tools_support'
    AND ( O.type_desc = 'SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE' OR O.type_desc = 'SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION' )
ORDER BY O.type_desc,O.name;

OPEN mycur;

DECLARE @schema_id int;
DECLARE @fname varchar(256);
DECLARE @sname varchar(256);
DECLARE @ftype varchar(256);

FETCH NEXT FROM mycur INTO @ftype, @schema_id, @fname;

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    SET @sname = SCHEMA_NAME( @schema_id );
    IF @ftype = 'SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE'
        EXEC( 'DROP PROCEDURE "' + @sname + '"."' + @fname + '"' );
    IF @ftype = 'SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION'
        EXEC( 'DROP FUNCTION "' + @sname + '"."' + @fname + '"' );

    FETCH NEXT FROM mycur INTO @ftype, @schema_id, @fname;
END

CLOSE mycur
DEALLOCATE mycur

GO

There is no single statement that can be used to achieve this aim.

You could of course create yourself a stored procedure that you could use to perform these various administrative tasks.

You could then execute the procedure using this single statement.

Exec sp_CleanDatabases @DatabaseName='DBname'

To remove all objects in oracle :

1) Dynamic

DECLARE
CURSOR IX IS
SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE ='TABLE' 
AND OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
 CURSOR IY IS
 SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE 
IN ('SEQUENCE',
'PROCEDURE',
'PACKAGE',
'FUNCTION',
'VIEW') AND  OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
 CURSOR IZ IS
 SELECT * FROM ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE IN ('TYPE') AND  OWNER='SCHEMA_NAME';
BEGIN
 FOR X IN IX LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||X.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||X.OBJECT_NAME|| ' CASCADE CONSTRAINT');
 END LOOP;
 FOR Y IN IY LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||Y.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||Y.OBJECT_NAME);
 END LOOP;
 FOR Z IN IZ LOOP
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP '||Z.OBJECT_TYPE||' '||Z.OBJECT_NAME||' FORCE ');
 END LOOP;
END;
/

2)Static

    SELECT 'DROP TABLE "' || TABLE_NAME || '" CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;' FROM user_tables
        union ALL
        select 'drop '||object_type||' '|| object_name || ';' from user_objects 
        where object_type in ('VIEW','PACKAGE','SEQUENCE', 'PROCEDURE', 'FUNCTION')
        union ALL
        SELECT 'drop '
        ||object_type
        ||' '
        || object_name
        || ' force;'
        FROM user_objects
        WHERE object_type IN ('TYPE');

The best thing to do it is "Generate scripts for Drop"

Select Database -> Right Click -> Tasks -> Generate Scripts - will open wizard for generating scripts

after choosing objects in set Scripting option click Advanced Button

• -> Set option 'Script to create' to true (want to create)

• -> Set option 'Script to Drop' to true (want to drop)

• -> Select the Check box to select objects wish to create script

• -> Select the choice to write script (File, New window, Clipboard)

• It includes dependent objects by default.(and will drop constraint at first)

  Execute the script

This way we can customize our script.

One more sample

declare @objectId int,  @objectName varchar(500), @schemaName varchar(500), @type nvarchar(30), @parentObjId int, @parentObjName nvarchar(500)
declare cur cursor 
for 

select obj.object_id, s.name as schema_name, obj.name, obj.type, parent_object_id
from sys.schemas s
    inner join sys.sysusers u
        on u.uid = s.principal_id
        JOIN
        sys.objects obj on obj.schema_id = s.schema_id
WHERE s.name = 'schema_name' and (type = 'p' or obj.type = 'v' or obj.type = 'u' or obj.type = 'f' or obj.type = 'fn')

order by obj.type

open cur
fetch next from cur into @objectId, @schemaName, @objectName,  @type, @parentObjId
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
    if @type = 'p'
    begin
        exec('drop procedure ['+@schemaName +'].[' + @objectName + ']')
    end

    if @type = 'fn'
    begin
        exec('drop FUNCTION ['+@schemaName +'].[' + @objectName + ']')
    end

    if @type = 'f'
    begin
        set @parentObjName = (SELECT name from sys.objects WHERE object_id = @parentObjId)
        exec('ALTER TABLE ['+@schemaName +'].[' + @parentObjName + ']' + 'DROP CONSTRAINT ' +  @objectName)
    end

    if @type = 'u'
    begin
        exec('drop table ['+@schemaName +'].[' + @objectName + ']')
    end

    if @type = 'v'
    begin
        exec('drop view ['+@schemaName +'].[' + @objectName + ']')
    end
    fetch next from cur into  @objectId, @schemaName, @objectName,  @type, @parentObjId
end
close cur
deallocate cur