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fanfan2
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-24 : 11:56:51

Is there a way that I could drop multiple views with the same pre-fix all at once? Thanks.

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-24 : 11:58:25

probably with dynamic SQL

Got examples?

Make sure you have a backup or the code stored someplace first

Brett

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fanfan2
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-24 : 12:14:55

where can I find examples?

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-24 : 19:01:18

Do YOU have examples of the types of Names you want to drop

And why do you want to drop them

Got runaway code generating views...and creating tables on the fly as well?

Brett

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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master

3271 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-25 : 04:50:48

Jeeez brett...why not just post some example code? ->

SELECT 'drop view [' + table_name + ']'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
WHERE table_name LIKE 'myPrefix%' 
	AND TABLE_TYPE = 'view'

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