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sp_dropextendedproc (Transact-SQL)

Drops an extended stored procedure.

Note

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Use CLR Integration instead.

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Syntax

sp_dropextendedproc [ @functname = ] 'procedure'

Arguments

  • [ @functname =] 'procedure'
    Is the name of the extended stored procedure to drop. procedure is nvarchar(517), with no default.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

None

Remarks

Executing sp_dropextendedproc drops the user-defined extended stored procedure name from the sys.objects catalog view and removes the entry from the sys.extended_procedures catalog view. This stored procedure can be run only in the master database.

In SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005, sp_dropextendedproc does not drop system extended stored procedures. Instead, the system administrator should deny EXECUTE permission on the extended stored procedure to the public role. In SQL Server 2000, sp_dropextendedproc could be used to drop any extended stored procedure.

sp_dropextendedproc cannot be executed inside a transaction.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_dropextendedproc.

Examples

The following example drops the xp_hello extended stored procedure.

Note

This extended stored procedure must already exist, or the example will return an error message.

USE master;
GO
EXEC sp_dropextendedproc 'xp_hello';