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MS SQL Server - Drop view if exists
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In this article, we would like to show you how to DROP VIEW IF EXISTS in MS SQL Server.
Quick solution:
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DROP VIEW IF EXISTS [view_name];To show how the DROP VIEW IF EXISTS statement works, we will use the following table:
Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will delete the Spain Users view which we created in this article.
Query:
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DROP VIEW IF EXISTS [Spain Users];Output:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE [users] (2
[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),3
[name] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,4
[email] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,5
[country] VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,6
PRIMARY KEY ([id])7
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO [users]2
([name], [email], [country])3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'tom01@email.com', 'Poland'),5
('Chris','chris123@email.com', 'Spain'),6
('Jack','jack32@email.com', 'Spain'),7
('Kim','kim103@email.com', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco','marco942@email.com', 'Italy'),9
('Kate','kate227@email.com', 'Spain'),10
('Nam','nam393@email.com', 'Vietnam');