How to empty SQL Server 2005 database using cursor & sys.objects (Deleting All Tables, stored procedures, views & UDF’s)

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Understrading sys.objectsSys.objects is a system VIEW in SQL Server 2005, for each SQL database there is a separate sys.object view which gets stored within databse itself.Using Sys.objects returns list of all database objects and its types, type can be either of given below:DB OBJECT...

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1. How to empty SQL Server 2005 database using cursor & sys.objects (Deleting All Tables, stored procedures, views & UDF’s)

30 Sep 2011VDmitrovsky

1) You cann't drop any object in schemas other than dbo, so you MUST use sys.schemas system view properly.2) You cann't drop tables even in dbo schema if they are referenced by other ones, not dropped so far. Drop all FKs before tables.dva

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2. How to empty SQL Server 2005 database using cursor & sys.objects (Deleting All Tables, stored procedures, views & UDF’s)

25 Feb 2010kiran dangar

For Ravi LVS,The way you have suggested to Empty the database by just deleting and recreating it, is not at all smarter way when you are about to empty a remote database located on live database server, There are times when you don't hold such rights of deleting database on Live...

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