This article discusses the“DROP IF EXISTS”statement available in SQL Server 2016 and later versions.“IF EXITS”is the latest optional clause added in the existing DROP statement in SQL Server 2016 and later
and if the table exists, it drops. We have to underline one point about this statement; it works on SQL Server 2016 or the higher version of the SQL Server. In the following query,DROP TABLE IF EXISTSstatement, we will check the
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Database Snapshots How-to Topics How to: Create a Database Snapshot (Transact-SQL) How to: View a Database Snapshot (SQL Server Management Studio) How to: Drop a Database Snapshot (Transact-SQL) How to: Revert a Database to a Database Snapshot (Transact-SQL)Learn...
In rare situations like database level permission issues, you may need to drop all the tables from a SQL Server database and recreate them.
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In SQL Server 2016 And Higher In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced DIY or DROP IF EXISTS functionality. By adding IF EXISTS to the drop statement, you can drop the object only when it exists in the database. You can use DROP IF EXISTS to drop any temporary table as well if it exi...
Here are the steps you can follow to migrate data from SQLite to SQL Server through the ODBC Migration tool: Step 1: Downloading an ODBC Driver for SQLite Step 2: Installing the Driver Step 3: Creating a System DSN for the Database Step 4: Creating a Linked Server in SQL Server Step ...
Example DROP VIEW syntax DROP VIEWview_name; walking_scheduleview, you’d do so with the following command: DROP VIEW walking_schedule; Copy walking_scheduleview from your database, but none of the view’s data will be deleted unless you remove it from the base tables. ...
Linked servers allow getting data from a different SQL Server instance using single T-SQL statement. This article will explain how to create, configure and drop a SQL Server linked server using system stored procedures. Also, there is a way to create and configure a linked server to another...