DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
Applies to:
SQL Server
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Drops a server audit specification object using the SQL Server Audit feature. For more information, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION audit_specification_name
[ ; ]
Note
To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.
Arguments
audit_specification_name
Name of an existing server audit specification object.
Remarks
A DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION removes the metadata for the audit specification, but not the audit data collected before the DROP command was issued. You must set the state of a server audit specification to OFF using ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION before it can be dropped.
Permissions
Users with the ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT permission can drop server audit specifications.
Examples
The following example drops a server audit specification called HIPAA_Audit_Specification
.
DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION HIPAA_Audit_Specification;
GO
For a full example about how to create an audit, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).
See Also
CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)
Create a Server Audit and Server Audit Specification