Delete Database (classic)
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Deletes an Azure SQL Database.
Important
The recommended REST commands to work with SQL Database are the Resource Manager based Azure SQL Database REST API. While there is no change to SQL Database, be aware that the classic deployment model command in this article is scheduled for deprecation on December 1, 2019. For a table providing links to the specific new commands you should use, see Operations for Azure SQL Databases.
Request
The Delete Database request must be specified as follows:
Replace {subscriptionId} with your subscription ID.
Replace {serverName} with the name of the server where the database is located.
Replace {databaseName} with the name of the database to delete.
| Method | Request URI | HTTP Version |
|---|---|---|
| DELETE | https://management.core.windows.net:8443/{subscriptionId}/services/sqlservers/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName} | HTTP/1.1 |
If the operation succeeds changes are effective immediately. If the operation fails because of a user error, no changes will be applied. If there is a communication error or an internal server error, the status can be retrieved by using Database Operation Status (classic), or Get Database (classic).
URI Parameters
None.
Request Headers
The following table describes the required and optional request headers:
| Request Header | Description |
|---|---|
| x-ms-version | Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2012-03-01. |
| x-ms-client-request-id | Optional. Provides a client-generated, opaque value with a 1 KB character limit. Using this header is highly recommended for correlating client-side activities with requests received by the server. |
Request Body
None.
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code and a set of response headers.
Status Code
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers. All standard headers conform to the HTTP/1.1 protocol specification.
| Response Header | Description |
|---|---|
| x-ms-request-id | A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the database management service. This request id is used for request tracking. If a failure occurs that requires the user to contact Microsoft Support, the request id should be provided to Microsoft to assist in tracking and resolving the failure for the request. |
Response Body
None.
Example
The following console application deletes an Azure SQL Database.
Replace the following values:
{subscriptionId} – replace with the subscription identifier for your subscription.
{serverName} – replace with the name of your server.
{databaseName} – replace with the name of the database to delete.
{thumbprint} – replace with the thumbprint of a management certificate in your subscription.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Security;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Net;
namespace DeleteDatabase
{
/// <summary>
/// Deletes a database from a server.
/// </summary>
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Uri requestUri = new Uri("https://management.core.windows.net:8443/"
+ "{subscriptionId}"
+ "/services"
+ "/sqlservers/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName}");
// Create the request and specify attributes.
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(requestUri);
// Add an x-ms-version header to specify API version.
request.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2012-03-01");
// Generate a request ID that can be used to identify this request in the service logs.
string clientRequestId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
request.Headers.Add("x-ms-client-request-id", clientRequestId);
request.Method = "DELETE";
request.ContentType = "application/xml";
// The thumbprint value of the management certificate.
// Replace {thumbprint} with the thumbprint of a management certificate associated with your subscription.
// It must also be installed on the machine accessing the API.
string certThumbprint = "{thumbprint}";
// Create a reference to the My certificate store.
X509Store certStore = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
// Open the store.
certStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
// Find the certificate that matches the thumbprint.
X509Certificate2Collection certCollection = certStore.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint, certThumbprint, false);
certStore.Close();
// Verify the certificate was added to the collection.
if (0 == certCollection.Count)
{
throw new Exception("Error: No certificate found with thumbprint " + certThumbprint);
}
// Create an X509Certificate2 object using our matching certificate.
X509Certificate2 certificate = certCollection[0];
// Attach the certificate to the request.
request.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate);
try
{
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
// Display the client request ID.
Console.WriteLine("clientRequestId: " + clientRequestId);
// Display the web response status code.
Console.WriteLine("Response status code: " + response.StatusCode);
// Display the request ID returned by Windows Azure.
Console.WriteLine("x-ms-request-id: "
+ response.Headers["x-ms-request-id"]);
// Display the raw response.
Console.WriteLine("Received response:");
Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.StackTrace);
}
}
}
}
See Also
Common REST API Error Codes
Operations for Azure SQL Databases
Azure SQL Database
Remove-AzureSqlDatabase
Azure SQL Database Cmdlets