drop rule

Description

Removes a user-defined rule.

Syntax

drop rule [owner.]rule_name [, [owner.]rule_name] ...

Parameters

rule_name

is the name of the rule to drop. Specify the owner’s name to drop a rule of the same name owned by a different user in the current database. The default value for owner is the current user.

Examples

Example 1

Removes the rule pubid_rule from the current database:

drop rule pubid_rule

Usage

Standards

SQL92 – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension.

Permissions

drop rule permission defaults to the rule owner and is not transferable.

See also

Commands create rule

System procedures sp_bindrule, sp_help, sp_helptext, sp_unbindrule