How do I delete an object in sys.objects

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SQL

USE [MYDATABASE]
GO

select * from sys.objects

GO

I ran this query above to get all object in my DB, then I found a table that is giving me troubles.

I want to delete this table in sys.objects using object_id

SQL

USE [MYDATABASE]
GO

DELETE FROM sys.objects
      WHERE object_id=245575913 
GO</pre>

but I get error:

SQL

Msg 259, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not allowed.

The problem started when I was generating a database from a model in EF, I deleted the table manually and it disappeared. But when I tried to generate the database from model again it gave me an error that leads me to that table and some foreign keys. So thats thats were I decided to search the sys.objects

How can I remove this table?

Posted 18-Mar-15 3:38am

Anele Ngqandu

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2015-03-18T03:56:00

Solution 1

You cannot update the system catalogs directly. To remove an object from the sys.objects catalog, drop the object:

SQL

DROP TABLE TheTableToDrop

Posted 18-Mar-15 3:56am

Richard Deeming

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Anele Ngqandu 18-Mar-15 12:19pm

Restarted my pc the table is gone but still couldn't create DB from model so just decided to just drop the dam DB

E.F. Nijboer · Answer 2 · 2015-03-18T04:15:00

Solution 2

If you check the sys.objects table you will see that one of the columns has the type name. For example, CHECK_CONSTRAINT. You can then call: DROP CONSTRAINT [NAME] You can drop or change it according to the type description.

Good luck!

Posted 18-Mar-15 4:15am

E.F. Nijboer

Updated 18-Mar-15 4:16am

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