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Databases - Delete

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Service:
SQL Database
API Version:
2023-08-01

Deletes the database.

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName}?api-version=2023-08-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
databaseName
 path True

string

The name of the database.
resourceGroupName
 path True

string

The name of the resource group that contains the resource. You can obtain this value from the Azure Resource Manager API or the portal.
serverName
 path True

string

The name of the server.
subscriptionId
 path True

string

The subscription ID that identifies an Azure subscription.
api-version
 query True

string

The API version to use for the request.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

Successfully deleted the database.
202 Accepted

Deleting the database is in progress.

Headers

Location: string
204 No Content

The specified database does not exist.
Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

*** Error Responses: ***

  • 400 LedgerNoDropPrimary - The Geo-primary database cannot be dropped because the database has Ledger Digest Uploads enabled. Disable Ledger Digest Uploads and retry the operation.

  • 400 CannotMoveOrDropJobAccountDatabase - Cannot drop database associated with job account.

  • 400 ManagedInstanceStoppingOrStopped - Conflicting operation submitted while instance is in stopping/stopped state

  • 400 ManagedInstanceStarting - Conflicting operation submitted while instance is in starting state

  • 400 CannotDropDatabaseAKVError - The database {0} on server {1} cannot be safely dropped because it is encrypted with a customer managed key that is no longer accessible to take the last backup before drop. Please restore Azure Key Vault Access on the server and revalidate the keys to make this database accessible and then proceed with the drop. For details see https://aka.ms/tdecmkrestorability

  • 400 CannotUseReservedDatabaseName - Cannot use reserved database name in this operation.

  • 400 CannotMoveOrDropSyncMetadataDatabase - Cannot drop database used as sync metadata database.

  • 404 OperationIdNotFound - The operation with Id does not exist.

  • 404 ServerNotInSubscriptionResourceGroup - Specified server does not exist in the specified resource group and subscription.

  • 404 ServerNotInSubscription - Specified server does not exist on the specified subscription.

  • 409 CannotCancelOperation - The management operation is in a state that cannot be cancelled.

  • 409 OperationCancelled - The operation has been cancelled by user.

  • 409 OperationInterrupted - The operation on the resource could not be completed because it was interrupted by another operation on the same resource.

  • 409 ConflictingServerOperation - An operation is currently in progress for the server.

  • 409 ServerDisabled - Server is disabled.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyCreateUpdateRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 500 OperationTimedOut - The operation timed out and automatically rolled back. Please retry the operation.

  • 503 TooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 503 TooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

Examples

Deletes a database.

Sample request

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default-SQL-SouthEastAsia/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/testsvr/databases/testdb?api-version=2023-08-01

Sample response

Status code:
200
Status code:
204
Status code:
202 
Location: /subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default-SQL-SouthEastAsia/providers/Microsoft.Sql/locations/southeastasia/databaseOperationResults/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111

Definitions

Name Description
ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail

The error detail.
ErrorResponse

Error response

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.
type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.
code

string

The error code.
details

ErrorDetail[]

The error details.
message

string

The error message.
target

string

The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name Type Description
error

ErrorDetail

The error object.