drop-contract-transact-sql.md

description	DROP CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)
title	DROP CONTRACT (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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DROP CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Drops an existing contract from a database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

DROP CONTRACT contract_name   
[ ; ]  

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Arguments

contract_name
The name of the contract to drop. Server, database, and schema names cannot be specified.

Remarks

You cannot drop a contract if any services or conversation priorities refer to the contract.

When you drop a contract, [!INCLUDEssSB] ends any existing conversations that use the contract with an error.

Permissions

Permission for dropping a contract defaults to the owner of the contract, members of the db_ddladmin or db_owner fixed database roles, and members of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Examples

The following example removes the contract //Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission from the database.

DROP CONTRACT [//Adventure-Works.com/Expenses/ExpenseSubmission] ;  

See Also

ALTER BROKER PRIORITY (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVICE (Transact-SQL)
CREATE CONTRACT (Transact-SQL)
DROP BROKER PRIORITY (Transact-SQL)
DROP SERVICE (Transact-SQL)
EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)