DROP QUEUE (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

Drops an existing queue.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
DROP QUEUE <object>  
[ ; ]  
  
<object> ::=  
{  
    [ database_name . [ schema_name ] . | schema_name . ]  
        queue_name  
}  

Arguments

database_name
The name of the database that contains the queue to drop. When no database_name is provided, defaults to the current database.

schema_name (object)
The name of the schema that owns the queue to drop. When no schema_name is provided, defaults to the default schema for the current user.

queue_name
The name of the queue to drop.

Remarks

You cannot drop a queue if any services refer to the queue.

Permissions

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

Examples

The following example drops the ExpenseQueue queue from the current database.

DROP QUEUE ExpenseQueue ;  
  

See Also

CREATE QUEUE (Transact-SQL)
ALTER QUEUE (Transact-SQL)
EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)